Happy Birthday Robert Pinsky… 20 Friday Oct 2017 Posted by Ronald E. Shields in poems ≈ 11 Comments https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/poetry/antholog/pinsky/threepoems.htm Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Like Loading...
Poetry on the run 
speaking of poet laureates…going to a reading that will include the poet laureate for Washington State. So I’m pretty psyched.
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I guess I should say it’s my birthday too. 🙂
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Well happy birthday Eliot!
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Thank you.
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Loved the one that showed up in my inbox this morning:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57102/antique-56d23a4272507?utm_source=Poetry+Foundation&utm_campaign=0901e1cb88-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ff7136981c-0901e1cb88-185581329
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Quite splendid
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yeah. His poems can be rather hit or miss for me but that one blew me away. So much for the mind to run off with.
His non-fiction books are always hits for me. They have rather deeply shaped how I think of poetry and the writing of poems.
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Er–I should say his ‘about poetry’ books rather than his collections of poems, not exactly ‘non-fiction’ although I guess poetic theory books do fall into that category, the term ‘non-fiction’ is a little too broad and non-specific.
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i’ll have to check the non-fiction out…
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“Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry” and “The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide” are both very thought provoking.
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Thanks.
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