This is my last entry in the 4 Modes of Poetry series. I have discussed mainstream, the beats, and langpo, along with Tony Hoagland, Kevin Prufer, and Harryette Mullen. I’m left with elliptical/hybrid poetry and I’ll take a look at Matthea Harvey’s Modern Life. Many moons ago, (okay, 11 years), Stephen Burt applied the label [...]
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April 1, 2009
4 Modes of Poetry
I mentioned in an earlier post that I was going to write about 4 main areas of poetry. Before I get started, I need to lay the ground rules for this little project. First, these four areas are by no means the the only divisions in the poetry world, and they are not formed in [...]
