ext_36709 ([identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] poliphilo 2017-03-03 07:41 am (UTC)

One of the things I admire about Larkin is his willingness to restrict himself to four slim vols over a lifetime (well, five if we count XX Poems). He was well aware that his poetic gifts were gradually deserting him, but saw it as a minor sadness rather than a tragedy, comparing it to going bald.

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