Hi Andrew,
I'd be interested to hear more about your idea of poetry as a spell which you mention upthread in relation to Larkin You mentioned it before, commenting one of my bleaker poems.
Is it that you believe that writing about misery/miserable things is a bad idea, that it leads to one becoming more miserable and hence is to be avoided? And if so, is it just the writing of it or also the reading of it that you think is harmful? Or have I massively oversimplified?
best,
Matt
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