How Philip Larkin saved my life
I was a panicky teenager with a chaotic home life, but the profound clarity of his poems showed me a…
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
I was a panicky teenager with a chaotic home life, but the profound clarity of his poems showed me a…
ByLarkin argues that those who don’t fear death are deluding themselves, but as I age I realise that he misses…
ByHe had a gift for wisecracks, but the poet’s best lines come from a search for wisdom and authenticity.
ByHis voice was not “poetic” but calm, clear, melodic and witty – and it inspired in me a sense of…
ByHis wit is on fully display in his riotously funny criticism – but it also comes through in his poems,…
ByOne evening in Norfolk in 1982, we discussed everything from his penchant for macaroni cheese to his poetic legacy.
ByHe offers an uncensored picture of a damaged and unhappy sensibility – but leaves us with the possibility of hope.
ByPeople rarely moved him to sentiments of kindness but one senses that he wished they would.
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