ek aur haul

Library time again. What with the droves of rain... Picked up videotapes of The Oblong Box and Mr Arkadin. The latter is an unsung Orson Welles gem, which suffered like most of his films, from the multiple version issue. I bookended the tapes (notice the wonderful pun ... ) with three books on poetry: How to read and interpret poetry, being a basic introductory guide, Sound and form in modern poetry; a study of prosody being a nightmarishly technical work, and Frances Mayes' wonderful The discovery of poetry : a field guide to reading and writing poems. Watch this space for some verse soon ...