tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9416479.post266239132630235285..comments2023-10-30T12:37:21.631+00:00Comments on Tony Trehy: The Olympics and PoetryTony Trehyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02431283291805161686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9416479.post-76728601725483787512010-11-16T13:27:05.085+00:002010-11-16T13:27:05.085+00:00That's appalling Tony. We need that coffee som...That's appalling Tony. We need that coffee some time!Adrian Slatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946068316432524571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9416479.post-86048772918594774912010-11-05T11:40:02.162+00:002010-11-05T11:40:02.162+00:00Somehow the full BBC story makes Armitage's &#...Somehow the full BBC story makes Armitage's 'Poetry Parnassus' sound even more depressing and unambitious.<br /><br />Basically a bog-standard poetry reading scaled-up.<br /><br />I expect dreary coverage by The Culture Show/Newsnight Review complete with irrelevant and inaccurate comparisons to the International Poetry Incarnation at the Albert Hall in 1965.<br /><br />Also I like this quote from Simon Armitage:<br /><br />"I've always believed in aiming high and attempting the impossible - otherwise I wouldn't have gone into poetry."<br /><br />Right. So what happened Simon? I don't see any sign of it in your poetry.Matt Dalbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301481705660282527noreply@blogger.com