What poets changed the way you thought about writing?
For me, it was the poet, Aaron Kent. He redefined for me what was possible on a page, what was possible in terms of language. Not just structurally, but in terms of instilling meaning into the very aesthetics of a poem. After Aaron, I would say Frank Stanford / Ted Hughes, Frank in terms of fragility and feeling, and Ted Hughes (Crow specifically) in terms of sheer dark gnarliness!
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