the final poem--"Prayer"--through a process of revision which takes it from 35 lines to six. Revered as an editor by his peers, [Ian] Hamilton pruned himself with an integrity which is almost painful to see.It is, however, to the threshold of unspoken pain that Hamilton's fine poems bring themselves.
from Telegraph: Collected Poems by Ian Hamilton and Endpoint by John Updike: review
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