caroll ann duffy | mr. midas

Reblogged from poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground:

POETRY DISPATCH No.386 | November 27, 2012

Carol Ann Duffy

Editor’s Note: Though the “Poet Laureate” honor has never been my cup of tea (given the politics present in such selections), I do occasionally visit whatever fashionable Laureates have been honored on the American scene just to see if they have done anything of value for the poetry cause while holding office.

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I rarely reblog, but this is a particularly enjoyable piece from Britain's poet laureate.