4 Modes of Poetry (part 2)

In continuing my thoughts on the 4 modes of poetry (read part 1 here), I want to expand on the idea of mainstream poetry by looking at Tony Hoagland’s chapbook, Hard Rain.  I am looking at this collection as mainly mainstream,
because of my previous assertion that this style of poetry is easier to understand, purchased [...]

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 [...]