Poetic Obituaries: [Edwin Honig's] own poetry collections

include "The Moral Circus," "The Gazabos," "Shake a Spear With Me, John Berryman" and "Time and Again: Poems, 1940-1997."

As a poet, Professor Honig was praised for formal precision, masterly tonal control and sometimes biting wit. All are on display--the biting especially--in his poem "Anon," here in its entirety:

from The New York Times: Edwin Honig, a Poet, Professor and Translator, Dies at 91

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