roald dahl's dirty beasts is ace! (are?) william carlos williams sometimes... plath is good, i think the neurotic and introspective nature is still relevant. ted hughes is a bit too into the cold war and we're all going to die, but dark is good. byron is very clever (doh!) but funny. shakespeare sometimes donne's on his mistress going to bed is good, funny, (men are pathetic, yet i'd like to be adored like that) but all his religious stuff is shit. god does not want to ravage you. adrienne rich although she's a bit too pro woman, pro lesbo, moany moany, and dating fast. frame is a very emotive poem. and frank o'hara's tribute to billy holiday (the day lady died-?) and definitely lana turner has collapsed- look at it!!! ok, i've done american and english poets but i'll not continue with irish. except to say look at paul muldoon's ireland, and draw your own conclusions : "Ireland" The Volkswagen parked in the gap, But gently ticking over. You wonder if it's lovers And not men hurrying back Across two fields and a river.