Responding to the National Poetry Day blog ("What's Your Favourite Poem?"), most of you thought not. "So patronising it hurts," was the reaction of one poster, who went on to ask whether the topic would promote "critical engagement with poetry" or even "enjoyment of poetry". Another, ofile, versified the argument for diversity: "Poems suit moods, occasions, age,/even a certain time of day,/are howls, histories, sighs,/even entertainment . . . " Many nominations came with the caveat that tomorrow the favourite could well be different. Others kindly played along with the idea that it might not be entirely philistine to select a particular poem as best able to satisfy all seasons and moods.
from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: The Waste Land by TS Eliot
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