"Distorting hackneyed words in hackneyed songs He turns revolt into a style, prolongs The impulse to a habit of the time."
— Thom Gunn

January 1, 1970

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Poets from the United StatesPoets from EnglandUniversity of Cambridge alumniMacArthur FellowsUniversity of California, Berkeley faculty
Original Language: English

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"Elvis Presley,", in The Sense of Movement (1957).

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"Elvis Presley,", in The Sense of Movement (1957).