Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Great Regulars: Not all poetry aims for beauty.

Chilean Nicanor Parra's antipoetry assaults capital-P Prettiness as frou-frou leftover from an antique age. His language is blunt as a diner waitress's--non-symbolic, non-lyrical. The antipoem's burlesque charm hits like a nightstick.

from Mary Karr: The Washington Post: Poet's Choice

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