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    James Fenton

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    Stay near to me and I’ll Stay near to you – As near as you are dear to me will do. ↗


    — James Fenton

    #love

    The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint. ↗


    — James Fenton

    #back #herself #lullaby #mother #ogre

    Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ↗


    — James Fenton

    #done #fine #fine thing #forgery #generous

    One does not become a guru by accident. ↗


    — James Fenton

    #become #does #guru






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    Did you know about James Fenton?

    He was political correspondent of the New Statesman where he worked alongside Christopher Hitchens Julian Barnes and Martin Amis. He was appointed Oxford Professor of Poetry in 1994 a post he held till 1999. " In response to criticisms of his comparatively slim 'Selected Poems' (2006) Fenton warned against the notion of poets churning out poetry in a regular automated fashion.

    He is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry.

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