Tuesday, March 04, 2003

WHAT DO POETS DO ALL DAY?

The 'Who's Who' hobbies of 10 poets:

1 Les Murray - ruminative driving
2 Paul Muldoon - electric guitar
3 Carol Ann Duffy - holidays
4 John Heath-Stubbs - taxonomy
5 Charles Causley - the rediscovery of his native town
6 Edwin Morgan - scrapbooks
7 Thom Gunn - cheap thrills
8 Peter Redgrove - judo
9 Douglas Dunn - philately
10 Vernon Scannell - loathing Tories and New Labour

Source: Who's Who 2002. Thanks to Hamish Ironside.