WH Auden
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Roy Hattersley defends the notion that poetry should be difficult, though not necessarily with reference to poets usually described as difficult.
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1 I recommend a listen to this week’s edition of “Poets and the Nation”. It’s a good, intelligent piece of broadcasting about how cultural change in Scotland has been reflected in poetry through the ages. It bounces about time a bit more than last week’s, which is one thing in its favour. 2 Radio 3
Amy Jo Philip 