James Fenton - What I want, when I write a poem, is no more than this: that it be preserved in some ...

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What I want, when I write a poem, is no more than this: that it be preserved in some published form so that, in principle, someone, somewhere, will be able to find it and read it. That is all I need, as a poet, and that is the beauty, the luxury of my position. My lyric is mine and remains mine. Nobody can ruin it.

James Fenton

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Was ich, wenn ich ein Gedicht schreibe, möchte, ist nicht mehr als das: dass es in irgendeiner veröffentlichten Form aufbewahrt wird, so dass jemand irgendwo irgendwo in der Lage ist, es zu finden und zu lesen. Das ist alles, was ich als Dichter brauche, und das ist die Schönheit, der Luxus meiner Position. Meine Lyrik ist meine und bleibt meine. Niemand kann es ruinieren.

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