tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post5888462431446757614..comments2024-01-19T21:33:09.716+00:00Comments on E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG - FREEDOM MEANS BEING UNAFRAID TO WRITE WHAT YOU THINK: Goodwin vs. DarwinEYEWEARhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01900801847916951522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-57275863439526832082009-06-03T12:04:07.102+01:002009-06-03T12:04:07.102+01:00Goodwin's article was a mean spirited squalid ...Goodwin's article was a mean spirited squalid little squib, wasn't it? There's so much wrong with it I don't know where to begin, but this is an excellent riposte, Todd, so there's not much to add. My favourite moment in the original 'article' was where Goodwin claimed, after admitting to trying to steer her daughter away from a career in poetry, that she was not attempting to 'belittle poetry'. Which is ironic, given that her various anthologies have done more to belittle poetry as an artform than any amount of regent negative media coverage combined. <br /><br />Simon Turner, Gists and PithsThe Editorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06264669059410810775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-30253888187427816952009-06-02T16:54:22.905+01:002009-06-02T16:54:22.905+01:00Well Said, Todd. Padel has done wonderful things ...Well Said, Todd. Padel has done wonderful things for poetry. Daisy Goodwin, on the other hand, has given us, um, oh yes, those tedious '100 poems to cheer you up when you're under a cloud' anthologies. I sometimes wonder if it's because this country is still so class-obsessed that people like to keep reminding others of their place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13726943.post-18163632744521558742009-06-02T14:07:01.356+01:002009-06-02T14:07:01.356+01:00Well said Todd. That article doesn't do it for me,...Well said Todd. That article doesn't do it for me, and as for the article in the Style Magazine about women getting into poetry... well I'm fit to bust... (pardon pun).<br /><br />When are they going to get some articles written (or TV programmes made) by people who actually know what they're talking about with regard to poetry, rather than this backwards looking drivel that passes for analysis. I'm so fed up with it all. <br /><br />And as for Ruth Padel, she made her bed, she's lying in it, so can we all please just move on already.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.com