I agree with Mark on SK. He is certainly no stylist but there's no doubt he has a powerful, if warped, imagination. And he's never set out to cater for mass-tastes. He clearly writes what he feels compelled to write.
And yes, Katy, I agree. Stevens is an obvious example of someone who hardly made a penny out of poetry (and didn't need to). In fact, when you read his letters and see the expensive private editions he ordered to be made for himself and friends, poetry was a costly outlay, rather than a source of income.
Gregory
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