Craig Raine

Craig Raine (born 3 December 1944) is an English poet and critic. He has been credited with originating Martianism, a movement named after his poem "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home". Sourced Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wingsAnd some are treasured for their markings –They cause the eyes to meltOr the body to shriek without pain. "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home", line 1; first published in The New Statesman, December 23 and 30, 1977. In homes, a haunted apparatus sleeps,That snores when you pick it up.If the ghost cries, they carry itTo their lips and soothe it to sleepWith sounds. And yet, they wake it upDeliberately, by tickling with a finger. "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home", line 19. The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple – to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it. The Guardian, August 19, 1988. Great writers arrive among us like new diseases – threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible. The Independent on Sunday, November 18, 1990. I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important than having clean underwear. The Guardian, February 10, 2004. External links Category:Poets from England Category:Critics from the United Kingdom Category:Living people