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Douglas Dunn
October 23, 1942 -
Nationality: Scottish
Category: Poet
Subcategory: Scottish Poet

I've always liked Muir without knowing quite why.

   

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

   

I've always thought my poems told stories.

   

A poet's cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem.

   

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.

   

Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise.

   

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