tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197997520444984778.post7756210186464761990..comments2011-02-21T15:00:23.299-08:00Comments on Seán Haldane - Poetry: Working PoetsSeán Haldanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07824691046398117311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197997520444984778.post-79195903815521632712011-02-21T15:00:23.299-08:002011-02-21T15:00:23.299-08:00Thanks Anonymous. This log has been moribund. I mu...Thanks Anonymous. This log has been moribund. I must start it up again -<br />SeánAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197997520444984778.post-37955293983924597362011-02-18T10:56:50.236-08:002011-02-18T10:56:50.236-08:00It is an outrageously class-bound and 18th-century...It is an outrageously class-bound and 18th-century assumption that a poet must not do anything other than be a poet. Keats was a medical apprentice, Clare a labourer, John Hamilton Reynolds a solicitor, Eliot a banker... even Seamus Heaney can't pay for his dinner off the back of mere poetry - even he has to have an academis job to pay the bills. Good on you Sean!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com