I have measured out my life with coffee spoons...

...and at least I wash the bloody things afterwards.

The Guardian is publishing a series of seven (count 'em) booklets on Great Poets of the 20th Century. No MacDiarmid, MacCaig, GMB, etc. Eliot, Auden, Larkin, Hughes, Plath, Sassoon and Heaney. A selection of the poems with a commentary from a leading author / poet / person. Still it's worth 80p of your money. Is it coincidence that The Independent is running a parallel series called The Great Poets? And whilst we're on a poetical bent this seems like a good time to highlight Don Colman's guest feature on the Open Culture website / blog (March 6), Listening to Famous Poets Reading Their Own Work.

Great Poets of the 20th Century
The Great Poets
Listening to Famous Poets Reading Their Own Work