I tend to agree with this, but there are some marvelous exceptions.
Among my 'contemporaries' (by which I mean people still writing today),
I'd mention the Canadian Margaret Avison, one of our finest poets, &, I
think she fits, Fanny Howe.
There are probably others, though few as good as these two.
Poet as a kind of scientist? Hmnnn, perhaps....
Doug
On 16-Mar-06, at 7:38 PM, Frederick Pollack wrote:
> I don't rule out religious poetry, but I have a hard time seeing any
> written after the 17th century as more than second-rate.
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