Tuesday, April 15, 2008

News at Eleven: The best, and best-loved, contemporary poets

do more than feel the pulse of the times or capture verbal snapshots. They also reveal something about the nature of poetry--what it is and why it resonates--that readers crave but don't find elsewhere.

Mary Oliver and Mark Doty do just that, though in vastly different ways.

from Christian Science Monitor: New work from two poetry pros satisfies both ear and mind

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