I see
I dont have much time for him
I shall report back on Ms Oswald
L
On 11 December 2013 15:53, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Of the ones Collins listed, yes, the Padgett. But I have some earlier work
> of his, & far too many other books I really want to read; so I can wait on
> that one.
>
> Let's just say I dont share Collins's taste, much (which includes not
> reading his poetry).
>
> Doug
> On Dec 11, 2013, at 4:26 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Padgett?
> > Ive missed some messages, or some brain cells
> > I'm thinking of buying an Alice Oswald
> > I'm impressed by what I've readL
> >
> >
> > On 11 December 2013 05:56, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> The Padgett was already on my 'wishlist'. Is that yr pick, Doug?
> Lawrence?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11 December 2013 02:26, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hear Hear
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 10 December 2013 15:22, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Well, I admit I have too many poetry books lying around still unread,
> &
> >>>> so, aside from the fact that only one book there even interested me a
> >>> bit,
> >>>> I dont think so...
> >>>>
> >>>> I am looking forward to Robert Duncan; Collected Later Poems & Plays;
> >> now
> >>>> there's something of value...
> >>>>
> >>>> Doug
> >>>> On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:21 AM, David Bircumshaw <
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >>>>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Max
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I've had the misfortune of both reading and buying 'Answering Back'
> >> and
> >>>> I swear I don't hate anyone enough to give them it for Christmas
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Dave B
> >>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry smartphone from Virgin Media
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>> Sender: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <
> >>> [log in to unmask]>
> >>>>> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:36:07
> >>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>> Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <
> >>> [log in to unmask]>
> >>>>> Subject: Christmas poetry-buying advice
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Billy Collins's Favorite Works of Poetry
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> December, 2013
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Billy Collins's accessible and good-natured poetry is more
> >> influenced
> >>>> by the antics of Bugs Bunny than the great works of Coleridge or
> >>>> Wordsworth. But despite—and perhaps because of—all that, his words
> >> never
> >>>> fail to be profound and true. His latest book, Aimless Love: New and
> >>>> Selected Poems, is one of the finalists in our2013 Goodreads Choice
> >>> Awards,
> >>>> and it's easy to see why. For Collins, humor is always a knife rather
> >>> than
> >>>> a shield, and the small mysteries of our lives can lead to moments of
> >>>> wonder. A New Yorker born and raised, Collins was the U.S. Poet
> >> Laureate
> >>>> from 2001 to 2003, during which time he wrote "The Names," remembering
> >>>> victims of 9/11. That position, and that poem, cemented his spot as
> one
> >>> of
> >>>> America's few popular poets—a role he's embraced with entertaining
> >>> readings
> >>>> to audiences that number in the thousands.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So what does a prizewinning poet like to read? Here are Collins's
> >>> picks
> >>>> for books of poetry that would make excellent holiday gifts!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Search Party: Collected Poems by William Matthews
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "He's been called the closest thing American poetry has to a Horace,
> >>> an
> >>>> urban and urbane poet who is happy to allow his learning (vast) and
> his
> >>>> pleasures (jazz, wine, talk…) into his elegant verse. And did I
> mention
> >>> his
> >>>> wisdom, carefully inserted at just the right place in his meditations.
> >>>> Opening lines: 'Don't play too much, don't play/too loud, don't play
> >> the
> >>>> melody.' 'The Accompanist.'"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Bringing Together: Uncollected Early Poems 1958-1989 by Maxine Kumin
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "This collection provides glimpses into a poet growing into the
> >> mature
> >>>> work that made her a major voice in the choral group that is
> >> contemporary
> >>>> poetry. One can see the learning of the line in this variety pack of
> >>> poems
> >>>> about darkness, diaries, and of course, pastures and horses. Opening
> >>> lines:
> >>>> 'Wearing the beard of divinity, King Tut / hunts the hippopotamus of
> >>> evil.'
> >>>> 'Remembering King Tut at the Pearl Harbor Exhibit.'"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Answering Back: Living Poets Reply to the Poetry of the Pastedited
> >> by
> >>>> Carol Ann Duffy
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "A gathering of examples of poets talking back to their predecessors
> >>> in
> >>>> tones that range from respect to trespass. The reader is let in on the
> >>>> Great Conversation among poets, a series of dialogues that flows back
> >> and
> >>>> forth through history. The repeated lesson is that growth and
> invention
> >>> are
> >>>> really just the uses of influence. Opening lines: 'I'm leaving the
> Isle
> >>> of
> >>>> Innisfree. / I never liked it much: / The clay and the wattle hutch /
> >> Was
> >>>> far too small for me.' By R.V. Baily."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Selected and Collected Poems by Bill Knott
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "Pick up any poetry book by this man and you are in for a series of
> >>>> wild surprises. He is one of a small group of poets who can take us on
> >>>> wild, imaginative journeys in only a few lines while using a very
> plain
> >>>> diction. He makes the rest of us look like seventh graders in a talent
> >>>> show. Opening lines: 'Hair is heaven's water flowing eerily over us /
> >>> Often
> >>>> a someone drifts off down their long hair and is lost.' 'Hair Poem.'"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Collected Poems by Ron Padgett
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "Here they are all! A giant stack of your favorites from America's
> >>> most
> >>>> wiggy poet. And one of its most friendly. There is a lot of boy in the
> >>>> mature Padgett, and he has never tired of the game of connecting
> things
> >>>> that no one ever thought to connect before. Favorite line: 'The
> >> Missouri
> >>>> River is a tribute to the Mississippi.' 'The Complete Works.'"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Douglas Barbour
> >>>> [log in to unmask]
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
> >>>> http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
> >>>>
> >>>> Latest books:
> >>>> Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
> >>>> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
> >>>> Recording Dates
> >>>> (Rubicon Press)
> >>>>
> >>>> Swept snow, Li Po,
> >>>> by dawn’s 40-watt moon
> >>>> to the road that hies to office
> >>>> away from home.
> >>>>
> >>>> Lorine Niedecker
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andrew
> >> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >> 'Undercover of Lightness'
> >> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
> >> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
> >>
> >>
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
> >>
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
> [log in to unmask]
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> http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
> http://eclecticruckus.wordpress.com/
>
> Latest books:
> Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
> Recording Dates
> (Rubicon Press)
>
> Swept snow, Li Po,
> by dawn’s 40-watt moon
> to the road that hies to office
> away from home.
>
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