07-07-2012, 07:26 AM
Good modern poets - depends what you mean by modern but here goes
Derek Mahon - A Disused Shed In Co. Wexford is one of the great poems of all time in my opinion - Fleur Adcock, Simon Armitage, Paul Farley,Micheal Longley,Roddy Lumsden, Daljit Nagra,Jo Shapcott, Benjamin Zephaniah - there's many more, Larkin, Auden, Macniece and of course, John Cooper Clarke. He did a gig at our town last year and I was one of the support acts. My performance poetry tip - Stay off the drugs, you never know when you might need to run very fast.
Derek Mahon - A Disused Shed In Co. Wexford is one of the great poems of all time in my opinion - Fleur Adcock, Simon Armitage, Paul Farley,Micheal Longley,Roddy Lumsden, Daljit Nagra,Jo Shapcott, Benjamin Zephaniah - there's many more, Larkin, Auden, Macniece and of course, John Cooper Clarke. He did a gig at our town last year and I was one of the support acts. My performance poetry tip - Stay off the drugs, you never know when you might need to run very fast.
Before criticising a person, try walking a mile in their shoes. Then when you do criticise them, you're a mile away.....and you have their shoes.