Rita Dove
<< had read this poem several times before noticing its technical
tour-de-force--that each line begins with a sequential letter of the
alphabet! >>
Holy hyperbole! The Hamby poem is okay...but since when
is a poem that is essentially an acrostic (using the alphabet
instead of a word/name) a "technical tour-de-force."
I guess when you're a famous poet all that blurb writing
become infectious.
Finnegan
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