In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in seeing what they were up to, what they were doing, why they were doing it. They never moved me in the way that one is moved by true poetry.

The Sinai Sort. (2005). ' Another poet beside Donne whom MacCaig claimed was a great influence on his work was Louis MacNeice[citation needed].

Norman MacCaig (14 November 1910 – 23 January 1996) was a Scottish poet. His poetry in modern English is known for its humour simplicity of language and great popularity.