(New to) Great Regulars: My head is full of shadowy characters

In whom I ponder similarities
Of restlessness and longing and a quest
For peace . . .

This idea of the poet as bearer of culture is an important one. Yet for a contemporary British poet to place himself in a canonical context--even by thinking through it, as [John] Fuller's poet-guide does here--is unexpectedly flamboyant.

from Fiona Sampson: The Guardian: Love remembered

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