http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/the-box-like-structure-of-rhymed-measured-verse-is-pretty-well-shot/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:12:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/the-box-like-structure-of-rhymed-measured-verse-is-pretty-well-shot/#comment-3672 Aaron Fagan Fri, 30 May 2008 15:56:49 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=852#comment-3672 Great post, Don. Being new to this dirty, valiant game in the grand scheme of important little real things, it is natural—after turning to verse again and again—to slowly feel awakened to a deeper sense of this long conversation that is poetry. Folks I've come into contact with respond to Ammons's work in one of two ways: either shrug their shoulders or go slack-jawed with awe. I'm the latter, but would love to understand the former ... Great post, Don. Being new to this dirty, valiant game in the grand scheme of important little real things, it is natural—after turning to verse again and again—to slowly feel awakened to a deeper sense of this long conversation that is poetry. Folks I’ve come into contact with respond to Ammons’s work in one of two ways: either shrug their shoulders or go slack-jawed with awe. I’m the latter, but would love to understand the former …

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