In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry. (Andrew Motion)

In a general way, I want to be a kind of flag-waver, bunting hanger-up, drum-beater, you name it, for poetry.

Andrew Motion

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