Douglas Scotney Comments

Douglas is living up to his title 'Dazzling Hope'. He is broadening his technique to include allusions to well known poets like Coleridge, then offering a linguistic analysis of a stanza. His meaning is becoming more transparent, less opaque.

Doug keeps challenging the reader to work out the meanings of his cryptic, indirect poems. He has humour, irony, all the qualities of an entertaining poet, one who could give readings of his own poems with success.

Douglas Scotney an exceptional POET his subject and speech of poetry is really interesting.

On behalf of all fellow poets, PH Family and our family we offer a title of honour to poet Douglas Scotney from Australia as, Dazzling Hope, From today on wards he will be known as Dazzling Hope Douglas Scotney. We hope all poets and visitors will accept this. We congratulate poet for having this honorary title and we are wishing him all the best for his future perseverance.

A prolific poet who is transforming himself in ideas and forms. Not one for the long poem, he keeps to shorter poems that make the reader really think about the meaning. Has a deep knowledge of cricket and writes very good poems about the sport, but not too many. In fact, Doug has a wide and comprehensive number of topics to write about.