"I know the poetry must be expertly crafted, because at no time did the form stand in the way of the information."
...from an Amazon review of Padel's "Darwin: A Life in Poems"
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- I founded Leafe Press in 2000 and am now co-editor. I've edited Litter magazine since 2005. I was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and I live in Nottingham. My most recent book is "Variations on Painting a Room: Poems 2000-2010" from Skysill Press. I've also published this translation: Yves Bonnefoy, "Début et Fin de la Neige/The Beginning and End of the Snow" (Leafe/Bamboo Books).
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2 comments:
kiss of death, eh?
Hilarious.
I did read some of Padel's Darwin piece and wondered why she hadn't written it in prose, or as a play. It's not poetry in the sense that I understand the term, while for me the verse form, skilful as it may be in its way, 'gets in the way of the information' absurdly.
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