like a man harshly pruning a fruit tree, forcing out only a few especially flavorful apples each season. On a superficial level Mr. Hoagland's poems--he writes in an alert, caffeinated, lightly accented free verse--resemble those of many writers in what one is tempted to call the Amiable School of American Poets, a group for which Billy Collins serves as both prom king and starting point guard.
from The New York Times: The Free Verse Is in Aisle 3
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