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The Poets Laureate Anthology (2010)

by Elizabeth Hun Schmidt(Favorite Author)

4.35 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0393061817 (ISBN13: 9780393061819)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: It is an anthology after all, and so it has all the best of the works of all the U.S. Poet Laureates. The book is well printed, edited, and presented. It is a very good anthology. My conclusion after reading all of it is that poetry is not my medium. I can not say that I found any poet to "spark a fire". I confess I did not spend hours meditating on each poem as I probably should have done. Yet only a few of the poets produced images I could comprehend. I do not blame the poets. I think I am much too literal and limited in my imagination to find poetry the best form of communication. I admit to having trouble with classical music as well, so I know it is me and not the artists or the poet.
review 2: A great look at each of the U.S. poets laureate; if you ha... moreve collections by many or most of these poets, the book will be mostly interesting for the synopsis of each poet's tenure while in office. But if not, you might find yourself a new poet or two to like (I'd never read Ted Kooser before starting this book). Lots of great poems inside, though choices are obviously limited due to its scope, and many poems will be ones most poetry fans are familiar with. One exception: the poems chosen for W.S. Merwin's section, many of which I did not count among my favorites, but ah well. Still a great book. Billy Collins' introduction is fantastic. less

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