The approach of publishers to authors who fail to deliver on time

This is the subject in The Guardian article written by Blake Morrison. This includes a tale about someone who was 11 years overdue on a agreed delivery date. Should he still write the book (poetry) or should he contact his agent to return the advance?

Hmmm, "Poetry on time".

But I am lazy this weekend, also a little extra work on my table these days, but I very much want to suggest anyone interest in poetry, and specially those who are not, to look out for the american poet C.K.Williams. Just over a year ago an English producer/lawyer friend of mine lend me the key of a flat he was renting short term in Paris. I was on a short Paris visit and stayed there for a week. I came across number of poetry in this flat, books neatly placed on a shelf. I do not read poetry, very casually, mostly though rarely to get me out of depression when me team looses on the football pitch. So, I happened to come across Williams poetry and told my English friend I came across this writing and that I liked it a lot, even though it was poetry by one of those "1968 dudes", and told him I was surprised by his taste for this sort of writing. "Well, yes, hmmm", my friend said, "Its not mine, this is his flat, he is in America now tutoring". There was all his poetry and later I saw Herald Tribune interview him for receiving another of his awards for his latest writing.

See> http://www.lectures.org/williams.html