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:
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> > 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" <
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> > > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:36:07
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> > > Reply-To: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" <
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> > > 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
> >
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--
Andrew
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'Undercover of Lightness'
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