![]() Think of the short 3-line Japanese form, the haiku. Within a given style or subject, variety can be nearly infinite. ![]() In fact, the exact same criticism might be leveled at every major poet, writer, musician, or artist, from Robinson Jeffers, to Kurt Vonnegut, to Vivaldi, to Gauguin. In this, she is only surpassed by the ubiquitous Billy Collins.Īs such, both poets have become easy targets among both mainstream and independent-minded poetry aficionados, as if popularity alone consigned a poet’s work to the realm of Hallmark “immortality.”Ī continual criticism of both poets is that they are repetitive they seem to be constantly rewriting the same poem over and over again. Though not to everyone’s taste, Oliver has however managed to become one of the two most popular American poets of the last 20 years, among both the generally non-poetry reading and poetry reading public alike. Once again, Mary Oliver fans may take heart: a new volume of her poetry, Evidence, has just been published and it is, as always, quite good. ![]()
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