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Robert Adamson
Scottish Philosopher
Born: Jan 19, 1852
Died: Feb 8, 1902
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It's just that if you're not disruptive everything seems to be repeated endlessly - not so much the good things but the bland things - the ordinary things - the weaker things get repeated- the stronger things get suppressed and held down and hidden. Robert Adamson
Good You Good Things Stronger Suppressed Down Everything Hidden Weaker Seems Bland Repeated Get Endlessly Just Ordinary Ordinary Things Much Held Things Disruptive
Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess. Robert Adamson
Writing Publish Living Guess Books Pretty Poetry Write Well Make Ambitious Plan
Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published - certainly in the 20 years prior to that. Robert Adamson
Writing Say Poetry Had Most Well Read Prior Been Years Certainly Published Early Started
He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they were the best poets those two writing in those days but it wasn't very encouraging because, well, they weren't getting far were they? Robert Adamson
Best Me Writing Confused State Those Visit Park Poets He Days Well Him Because Go Were Encouraging Very Getting Far Really Used Certainly Two
Francis Webb is easily our greatest poet and one of the greatest poets in the world but he's hardly ever mentioned. Robert Adamson
World Poet Our Francis Easily Poets Mentioned He Greatest Ever Hardly
I don't know if younger poets read a lot of, you know, the poets - the established poets. There was a lot of pretty boring stuff to sort of put up with and to add to, to make something vital from. Robert Adamson
You Add Boring Vital Pretty Something Poets Put Stuff Know Make Read Sort Lot Up Established Younger
There's one of my new poems actually - is a good example of where my poetry has ended up. My earlier river poetry was more like a cross between Shelley and Dylan Thomas. Robert Adamson
Good Example Thomas Cross Poems More Poetry River Between New Like Shelley Up Ended Where Dylan Dylan Thomas Good Example Actually Earlier

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