By longing for water but having to read it

[sovay]

Scored this afternoon from the Harvard Book Store: Sean O'Brien's HMS Glasshouse (1991), his third collection. It's the first I've read; it's great. He is a good poet of water. I am looking forward so much to The Drowned Book (2007) once I can get hold of it.

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[desperance.livejournal.com]

Don't tell him I said so, but Sean is the pre-eminent (British) poet of his generation. I am wondering if you might be interested in a CD of Downriver, the jazz opera he wrote with our late friend Keith Morris? There's a live recording of a studio performance, which could certainly be sent to you one way or another.