What Nick said. Which isn't to say I don't see the problem, such as it is, with the use of the word 'Best' in these things (the word immediately denies subjectivity, whilst the book must be a manifestation of it) but I understand it and I don't see how it can matter. This thread is pretty grim, really. There are more important things than counting the number of metrical poems in what is just another anthology, and getting pissed off about what is no more and no less than a harmless measure used to make a book of poems sell widely and to help keep a struggling poetry press afloat. In his introduction, RL says that if the word upsets you, a cup of tea and a nap might help. Amen.
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