landlocked Hartford and a walnut detective in the opening simile of this early poem (from his new Selected Poems, well edited by Ron Padgett), not just to mock literary solemnity--that is incidental--but to offer "You" the pleasure of something genuine, as well as genuinely amusing.That is a tradition in love poetry.
from Robert Pinsky: The Washington Post: Poet's Choice
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