John Clare IS poetry. he seems to be what poetry is for. I posted a link about a year ago to an article about Clare.
(Edited back in. Simon, the New Yorker article was the one I linked. I looked for it now but haven't managed to find it. It was much better than any of these.)
Thank you everyone who has posted his work here.
Janet
I just found this link:
John Clare
and this
Slate article
and this
New Yorker article
[This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited February 28, 2005).]