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The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry features 300 poems by 94 of America's best poets, including Wendell Berry, Rita Dove, Stephen Dunn, Denise Duhamel,Tony Hoagland, Li-Young Lee, Jane Kenyon, Philip Levine, Naomi Shihab Nye, Larry Levis, William Matthews, Jo McDougall, Gerald Stern, Jean Valentine, and Dean Young. ... Read more

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A major offering that is sure to delight
This is a wonderful collection of poetry that would be ideal for someone wanting to sample poetry or perhaps give as a gift. There is something in the 300 plus poems by 94 of America's best poets that will appeal to virtually any reader remotely interested in poetry. The reader can sample the works of both well known poets like Philip Levine, Ruth L. Schwartz, and Billy Collins as well as lesser known but highly regarded one's such as Tracy K. Smith, Nick Flynn, and Joy Katz. The subjects addressed run the gambit from love, desire, death, and family relationships to a host of other offerings that make this a literal poetry feast of some of the best of the best in contemporary American poetry. A major offering that is sure to delight. ... Read more

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Three thousand years of the greatest Greek poetry, exquisitely translated and assembled in a handsome volume sure to be a modern classic.This landmark volume captures three millennia of Greek poetry—more than 1,000 poems and 200 poets. From the epics of Homeric Greece to the historical and erotic ironies of Cavafy, from the romances, hymns, and bawdy rhymes of Byzantium to the innovative voices of a resurgent twentieth century, this anthology brings together the diverse strands of the Greek poetic tradition. The favorites are all here—raging Achilles, restless Odysseus, strong-hearted Penelope—but The Greek Poets also presents neglected eras, from the rise of Constantinople to the end of the Ottoman occupation. In offering canonical poets such as Sappho and Pindar, and the modern Nobel laureates Seferis and Elytis, the renowned editors give us their new translations and bring together other masterful translators, including Robert Fagles, James Merrill, and W. S. Merwin, along with a younger generation that includes Anne Carson, Paul Muldoon, and Alicia Stallings. This is an essential companion to the Western literary tradition. map ... Read more

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Brilliant
For anyone interested in history, in writing, especially in excellent prose, plays and poetry should buy this book.

It is exquisite, full of detail but not overwhelming.

'The Greek Poets' contains within it's pages a wealth of information of which the reader can approach in any order.

The book itself is handsome, a quality not often found. Plus, there are so many wonderful pieces, no reader can possibly be disappointed. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on September 22, 1999. The length of the article is 6324 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: "Natura":Section IV from Treatise on Poetry.
Author: Czeslaw Milosz
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1999
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 73Issue: 4Page: 623

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The Judith Lee Stronach Memorial Lecture on the Teaching of Poetry was established in 2003 in memory of a poet and an inspired teacher of poetry to children and to the underprivileged. She is also remembered for her generosity in support of actions, world wide, to safeguard and to further Human Rights. This series of lectures on teaching poetry by distinguished poets was conceived of by her family as a contribution to the role poetry plays at Berkeley in occasions that bring the public and academic communities together. ... Read more

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The promising beginning
Bob Hass has a healthy respect for the sounds as well as the implications of words.You will not be confronted with cacophony or infelicity in this volume. Nor will you find the continued conversation after someone has left the room which is characteristic of contemporary poetic practice. This is solid, intelligent - witty and urbane (if barn chores can be clssified as urbane.) After all he includes a translation of Horace and some from the German as well. While nothing here soars, it flies well. Maybe not yet a Pegasus but certainly a Secreteriat.

"Counting Thunder" by Robert Bernard Hass - a Masterpeice in Poetic Literature
Counting Thunder by Robert Bernard Hass serves as an inspiration to the casual reader, a resource for those interested in writing, and for those studying poetry for literary value.

Along with evoking a sense of human constraint, Dr. Hass's poems encompass poetic form and a sense of surrealism in "Siren","Fairytale", and "On Envy, Obligation, and Art".Patterning and rhythm are repeated throughout his book, but especially in "Anorexic", "Aubade", "Victorian Bride", "The Lesson", and "Skunk Cabbage".You get a strong sense of place in "Boston Market" and can almost hear the fishmongers cracking oysters long the cobblestone streets of Boston.Dr. Hass' use of enjambments are impressive and fluid in the book's namesake poem "Counting Thunder", and also in "The Horses of Achilles", and "The Horses of Achilles II" as he carries you along a visual encounter with the natural world.Dr. Hass' ecological sense of style provides an educational aspect in "In the Clearing", which is about the demise of the American Chestnut Tree (by the way, a small tree stand remains in the Allegheny National Forest where oil prospectors would like to drill) and "A Poem for our Climate", which is about the consequences of global warming.These poems offer a sprinkle of fleeting hope that environmental issues could be made better if we would only listen.The power of silence, insightfulness with others, and the powers of perception are at work in "Catharsis", as well.The eloquent "Song Against Despair" signifies a sense of a religious and spiritual hope, as does "Fortune", which is about Jesus' miraculous raising of Lazarus from the dead.A passion for one's favorite things in life, are made ready in "My Favorite Book" and "Horse".As an aspiring nature and travel writer, my two favorites are the courageous and adventurous, "The Moral of the Story" and "Monarchs", but I have to include the playful, "Mexico" and "Murphy: A Life" in my list of favorites.

Counting Thunder reminds me of a line from Desiderata (1692), "...With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world..."

I think Counting Thunder is a must for every bookshelf and one to be read on a regular basis, if only to make sense of life through Dr. Hass' ability to amplify life's simple and complicated moments into powerful, concentrated, and meaningful words.I hope Dr. Hass will find it in his heart and schedule to share and publish more of his poetry for our continuing enrichment in creative thought.

Thoughtfully submitted,
November 9, 2008
Martha J. Rogus

good man, good poet
I've had the pleasure of knowing Bob and having him for class.He is a good poet and a good man.This book is the culmination of twenty years of work.Hass has absorbed his craft to the marrow of his bones.This book is well worth the wait. ... Read more