I am not familiar with the poetry of Patrick Kavenaugh, any more than I'd guess you'd be familiar with the works of Dorset poet William Barnes (who was a self-taught genius a hundred years before PK). I'm not saying he wasn't an intelligent and insightful man, I'm not saying he wasn't a genius - I'm just saying that genius, like taste, differs from person to person.

I'm not trying to be smarmy or stab anyone, I'm just pointing out that what some consider genius, others think unworthy of the title.

LTS