Quote by Ian Hamilton Finlay

Well, probably I was fed up with concrete poetry. There was a lot of bad concrete poetry and besides, it was confused with visual poetry which was completely different.

Well, probably I was fed up with concrete poetry. There was

Summary

In this quote, the speaker expresses their dissatisfaction with concrete poetry. They argue that there was a surplus of poorly executed concrete poetry, and also highlight the confusion between concrete poetry and visual poetry, the latter being a distinct form. This suggests that the speaker may have lost interest or become disenchanted with concrete poetry due to its overabundance and mistaken categorization.

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Poetry

By Ian Hamilton Finlay

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