Spotlight Poet James Dickey
Applauded for their ambitious experimentation with language and syntax, Dickey's poems address humanity and violence by presenting the instincts of humans and animals as antithetical to the false safety of civilization.
Spotlight Poem I. Up they soar
by Inger Christensen Up they soar, the planet's butterflies...
Spotlight Essay Poems About War
Some of the world's oldest surviving poems are about great armies and heroic battles. While Homer may have idealized his combatants and revered their triumphant fighting, the treatment of war in poetry has grown increasingly more complex since then.
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Selected Poems, 1945-2005
University of California Press
by Robert Creeley
edited by Benjamin Friedlander
This selection lovingly studies the career of one of America's most influential and versatile poets, exploring sixty years of language, experimentation, and music. Creeley's poetry exudes a rich emotionality that constantly seeks to better express the uncertainties and pleasures of being human.
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