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
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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.
>>>>
>>>> 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
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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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