We belong to the sound of the words we've both fallen under.

[raybear]

C'mon, people, I know I buried the request in the middle of a not-so-exciting livejournal entry, but I was going bigfatmama style. So I'll ask again:

Recommend me a poet! I'm fairly ignorant. So make it "poetry for people who don't like poetry" or something. I dig narrative poems, but it's not essential. Seriously, the only books of poetry I have in my collection are Pablo Neruda, John Wieners, Marianne Moore, and Billy Collins. Yeah, I know, Billy Collins, don't cringe, but I really do love Picnic, Lightning. Frank O'Hara is coming in the mail, but I need something in the meantime. Oh, and Virginia Hamilton Adair, Ants on the Melon, I have that.

Now's your chance! I'm a fiction writer showing an interest in poetry that's not ridicule or disdain! Help me!

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[thirdreel.livejournal.com]

Poets I, as a fiction writer who doesn't like much poetry, like:

Larissa Szporluk (Especially the book Isolato)
Lisel Mueller (Favorite poem: "Monet Refuses the Operation")
Ted Kooser (Poet Laureate and Nebraska Guy.)