A poet’s cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem.
About Douglas Dunn
Douglas Eaglesham Dunn, OBEis a Scottish poet, academic, and critic. He is Professor of English and Director of St Andrew’s Scottish Studies Institute at St Andrew’s University.
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A poet’s cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem.
Scottish poet (b1942)
A poem can have an impact, but you can’t expect an audience to understand all the nuances.
Scottish poet (b1942)
The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that’s an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.
Scottish poet (b1942)
I’ve always thought my poems told stories.
Scottish poet (b1942)
I’ve always liked Muir without knowing quite why.
Scottish poet (b1942)
Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise.
Scottish poet (b1942)