tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post2489420142363998912..comments2023-10-29T07:54:36.000+00:00Comments on georgiasam: Hot Tossputhwuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-15028944195817460912008-09-25T12:07:00.000+01:002008-09-25T12:07:00.000+01:00Monica should have typed "bank book", not "bank ho...Monica should have typed "bank book", not "bank hook"! (though hook might be apt for these fiscally fasincating days).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-5992217767795048042008-05-24T08:37:00.000+01:002008-05-24T08:37:00.000+01:00& "brain" in both poems:Larkin: "But the house is ...& "brain" in both poems:<BR/><BR/>Larkin: "But the house is building still behind my back/Room over room, cells of a great mad brain/"<BR/><BR/>Keyes:"...Your brain/lives in the bank-hook, and your eyes look up/Laughing from the carpet on the floor" <BR/><BR/>Re "toss", in a 7 April 1942 letter to Norman Iles Larkin writes: "What does annoy me is reading shit by Sidney Keyes wherever I turn. You pick up any two bob pocket magazine...& you'll find bullshitty poems or tossy 'Short Stories' all by our Sidney."<BR/><BR/>Was the 'Mechanical Turd' Keyes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-6009766860892326632008-05-23T18:36:00.000+01:002008-05-23T18:36:00.000+01:00By George, I think unappeasable henry's got it. An...By George, I think unappeasable henry's got it. Another line in Keyes's poem is: "It is a year again since they poured<BR/>The dumb ground into your mouth." <BR/><BR/>The man deserves five guineas. <BR/><BR/>see:<BR/>http://yaodig.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!73CE95CCFA20BA51!254.entry<BR/><BR/>and also, some poems down, at: http://learning.north.londonmet.ac.uk/eh125/9poetry.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-15788072050713924102008-05-22T19:08:00.000+01:002008-05-22T19:08:00.000+01:00Larkin is alluding to a poem by his bete noire, Si...Larkin is alluding to a poem by his bete noire, Sidney Keyes. 'April again, and it is a year again' is the first line of Keyes's 'Elegy'. That poem also influences 'An April Sunday brings the snow'. <BR/><BR/>If Keyes isn't mentioned in the essay, I claim £5.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-82836234250645587762008-05-22T11:21:00.000+01:002008-05-22T11:21:00.000+01:00Mag just out and website not updated yet.Mag just out and website not updated yet.puthwuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17085938.post-81298058037398510442008-05-22T09:01:00.000+01:002008-05-22T09:01:00.000+01:00The issue doesn't seem to be on the website yet, a...The issue doesn't seem to be on the website yet, at least not via the link you provided. Have you had a sneak preview of the mag? Hmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com