An updated classification of the poems I liked most in the Penguin Modern Poets series (1962-79)
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A categorisation based on a reading of the 2122 poems in this 27-volume series.
Poetry
POEM: “Hypnopompia”
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“I had such a strong feeling today, Mother, (…)”
Penguin Modern Poets of the 1960s and 1970s
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A categorisation.
Some poems I don’t like
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But why?
POEM: “Inheritance Fungus”
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“The cross-eyed boy was such a darling (…)”
Some thoughts on poetry
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Ideas and feelings and, oh, some technical stuff too.
POEM: “Everything”
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“She lost the house in the snow; (…)”
Adrian Mitchell reads his poem “Tell Me Lies about Vietnam”
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This was filmed in 1965 in Kensington, London, inside a circular concert hall that a forgettable bunch of imperialists once named after a forgettable German prince.