I'll shoot for five here, Andrew, with minimal comments:
1. Robert Creeley, *For Love*
This one came out right around the time I first heard Creeley
read in public, an event that jumpstarted my life in poetry.
2. William Carlos Williams
No particular book, so let's say the oeuvre--again especially
when I was beginning.
3. John Ashbery
Again no particular book, but *Household Days* hit me early
and hard.
4. Gertrude Stein
Start anywhere and read in any direction.
5. Gerard Deniz
Particularly the selected poems translated by Monica de la
Torre. A recent love.
Hal
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On Jul 28, 2007, at 10:45 PM, andrew burke wrote:
> Just a few days ago, Ron Silliman posted a comment about a book
> comprised of lists and comments by poets - as per the following:
>
> (QUOTE) 'When, in editing the first volume of Poet's Bookshelf, Peter
> Davis got some 81 poets to respond to his request for a list of
>
> 5-10 books that have been most "essential" to you, as a poet
>
> and asked his respondents further to "Please write some comments about
> your list," he got an awesomely, if predictably, wide range of
> reactions.' (END QUOTE)
>
> I would be very interested in hearing from p'etcers on their lists of
> "essential books" - hopefully with comments. I'm still thinking about
> mine - the list seems to change daily >g< but some remain stable. I'll
> post my Sunday list this evening.
>
>
>
> Andrew
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