[New-Poetry] POET'S BOOKSHELF II

[Halvard Johnson]

The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry
is a *great* collection. It would be on my list.

Hal

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On Feb 12, 2008, at 7:12 PM, JforJames at aol.com wrote:

> As in the Poet's Bookshelf I, the editor has really chosen a wide  
> array of poets to query. The first volume was a fun browse. Most of  
> the poets named other books of poetry as their prime influences,  
> which I guess shouldn't be a  big surprise. I did wish a few more  
> had ventured beyond the bounds of their 'home art' for their prime  
> movers. The Bible was the most frequently named text (the Good Book  
> keeps on giving), followed by Random House Book of 20th Century  
> French Poetry (go figure), and New American Poetry (more expected).  
> And then the writers most named...
> W. C. Williams (17)
> Walt Whitman (16)
> Emily Dickinson (16)
> Frank O'Hara (12)
> William Shakespeare (11)
> Wm. Butler Yeats (11)
> Wallace Steven (10)
> dropping down into the single digits...
> Rainer Maria Rilke (9)
> John Ashbery (9)
> Frederico Garcia Lorca (8)
> Ezra Pound (8)
> Elizabeth Bishop (8)
> Sylvia Plath (8)
> Hart Crane (7)
> Allen Ginsberg (7)
> James Wright (7)
> Then lots of names with 6, 5, 4 or fewer mentions.
>
> Finnegan
>
>
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