Jarret Keene's appreciative review of two fine poets is, as usual, on the mark, though naturally both would benefit from more extensive commentary. His kickoff remark about the Norton anthology is interesting, because that popular volume seems as devoted to exclusion as to inclusion of much of the best work being done today. Publishing has become far too much a matter of celebrity creation than finding the best poems other than those of the past (well represented for the most part).
Perhaps too many editors are editing people, not poems. It's nothing new, of course. Keene's keen responses are very welcome for their freshness and his concentration on what it should be about, the work itself.
(from Dublin): David Ray, www.davidraypoet.com
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Perhaps too many editors are editing people, not poems. It's nothing new, of course. Keene's keen responses are very welcome for their freshness and his concentration on what it should be about, the work itself.
(from Dublin): David Ray, www.davidraypoet.com