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poet,and as one of the principal editors ofMigrant Press he helped move our English con-cern for poetry to an international level.ThisNCs   8very particular book now revised slightly showswhy his reputation as a poet is held so high.ShCharles Olson on Michael ShayerMy dear Michael ShayerSHAY  Delighted to have your book,which came inyesterday(with the extra interest to me,to see,for the first time what I have wanted,a bookPoEmmade by Xerox,it is called here,and how do youcall it?The hit seems to be Sandy(?)and the poem 735  to him,and I should think he,rather than you,because he is the Queer of the Island—that youdo put yrself over a rack of summer grass tocompete'with those Inishbofin persons,as anextruded element,while he by the very delightfulobjection of his life to that nearness of singing:wow isn't that gorgeous like the ladies sayEqually the lines you quote for Sandy—I sup-pose they are Dante—point the other greatmatter the book brings up:the primary.From those hutte poems this has been your'quest'is it not so?and I remember even yourargument from a 'Catholic’position of virtuerestorable.Or else(is that not so?Anyway,myown sense—and this book certainly does addressitself to...the 1st poem that I read,whichthe book opened to,the poet finds a shyness ofthe islanders equal to his own—is what I mean;and then the one abt words,no matter how com-plex their thought:1  \nthis seems very much what is up,and I wish youaltogether well on it.Yrs,  \nCharles Olson21/-  \n\n|  |  | A  \u003Cbr>rrhamptonsh   | RDED  \u003Cbr>ire Libraries   |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  | SHAYER,M  \u003Cbr>foems from   \u003Cbr>lslond.   | .  \u003Cbr>an   |\n| 8215HA   |  | SHeYER…M  \u003Cbr>Poem5…-com…asland……  \u003Cbr>…………  …     …………………  \u003Cbr>………………      ……   |  |\n| This book is due for return on or before the last date shown  \u003Cbr>above but it may be renewed by personal application,post,  \u003Cbr>or telephone,quoting this date and details of the book  \u003Cbr>Northamptonshire Libraries   |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n\n01123416001  \nMichael Shayer  \nTS BCOK IS ONEWNICH TE LARY HASGUARA7LD T0 PAESERVEPEAXLY AS 7AKT OFTHE AQ.AL尉R-LOANCOVERAC:SCNZE.  \nPLEASE TAKE SPECALCARE OF JT.  \nPoems from  \n# an island\n\nFulcrum Press  \n30 Xeroxed copies of the manuscript in an earlier version ofthis poem were privately circulated to the poet's friends.Copyright  Michael Shayer 1970.All rights reserved.Nopart of this book may be reproduced without the written per-mission of the publishers.Printed in Great Britain for FulcrumPress,20 Fitzroy Square,London,W1,by Villiers PublicationsLtd,London.One hundred copies specially printed on antiquelaid paper and bound in buckram have been numbered andsigned by the author  \n821·SHA  \nOO1  \nThese poems and prose were taken from the notebook I wascarrying in my pocket.The first passage was written while Iwas still about my business of getting money to live by,notknowing what to expect of my visit to the island,and hardlyeven being able to think about it  \nOn the way from Dublin I made the pilgrimage to Sligo tostand by Yeats'grave,and began the poem which was laterfinished on the island,and soon after I left the island theentries in the notebook ceased.  \nI never meant this as'a book of poems'.It is an act towarda definite set of people at a particular time and place.I askthem to forgive me for it.I hope I get the courage to go seekthat forgiveness from them.  \nMichael ShayerJune 1969","cbCairYbGyDwXqou","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairYbGyDwXqou","pdf",1389021,56,"English","# Poems from an island\n## Charles Olson’s letter to Michael Shayer\n## Publication and copyright information\n## Author’s notes on origins of the poems","[{\"question\":\"Who is featured as the poet in this book?\",\"answer\":\"Michael Shayer is the poet and author associated with the poems and the surrounding editorial and publication material.\"},{\"question\":\"What does Charles Olson say about the 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