Is Poetry the Lazy Man’s Story?

An interesting question. I certainly wouldn’t label Auden, Larkin or Wilfred Owen as “lazy”! A poet can spend hours perfecting a few lines. Consequently it is, in my view a myth to describe poets as “lazy”. However I, as a poet undoubtedly have an axe to grind! Kevin

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Someone once said, in a piece I read somewhere long ago, something like this: “poetry is what lazy writers do.” I see it differently. In condensed works one must try harder to make every syllable earn it’s value to...