But I have chosen the little, obscure wayIn the dim, shouting vortex; I have takenA fool’s power in his cap and bells
He described himself as a ‘no-hoper’ (he died in a mental hospital in the poverty of his poetry and Catholic faith). These days, the label ‘a poet’s poet’ is sufficient to scare off anyone interested in approaching a body of work that is both substantial and challe ... (read more)