Tuesday 19 April 2011

Portrait of the Artist

In this recent New York Times review of Les Murray's latest book, the writer says, '...one wants, retrospectively, to reach out and comfort the boy he once was.' I've kept for ages a picture of Murray when he was a small boy. I think it evokes exactly the same response:

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  1. I still have a photograph of my ex-husband as a 5 year old. He was so adorable back then....

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  2. Like puppies, if only they would stay cute and adorable.

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    1. He is such an astonishingly great poet.

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