Poetry
Sir,—May I inquire of Mr E. Huston, president of the Sumner Public Library, just how he attributes “many of the world’s ills” to poetry? I have heard that the world’s ills are caused by money, marriage, politics, love, the bomb, sex, or education. Now I hear I can add poetry to the list. Would Mr Huston please tell me why?—Yours, etc. SANE POET. November 25, 1966. [Mr E. Huston, president of the Sumner Public Library, replies: “I’ve seen the light After reading Charles Brasch, Paul Henderson, Gordon Challis, Ruth Dallas, William Hart-Smith, Charles Spear, James K. Baxter, W. H. Oliver, Raymond Ward, Alan Mulgan, J. R. Hervey, Oswald W. Eastward, L. J. Moriarty, and William Shakespeare (quite good), I can no longer attribute ‘many of the world’s ills’ to poetry. In fact, I never could, nor seriously did.”]
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31235, 6 December 1966, Page 18
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