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The Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary Edition by David Lehman, Robert Pinsky
melissafirman's review
1.5
I've been trying to read more poetry and I think I've been successful with including more of it in my repertoire. I usually like anthologies such as these because of the potential to become acquainted with new poets.
I picked this up because it had several poets whose work I have previously enjoyed (Mark Doty, Edward Hirsch, Tony Hoagland) and others who I wanted to try. Unfortunately, I failed to connect with or even understand most of these poems. Most seemed rambling and I couldn't grasp the point. It just didn't do much for me at all and was overall fairly boring.
1.5 out of 5 stars.
I picked this up because it had several poets whose work I have previously enjoyed (Mark Doty, Edward Hirsch, Tony Hoagland) and others who I wanted to try. Unfortunately, I failed to connect with or even understand most of these poems. Most seemed rambling and I couldn't grasp the point. It just didn't do much for me at all and was overall fairly boring.
1.5 out of 5 stars.
kevinjfellows's review
2.0
The poems from the 1990s selected for this collection don't really stand up for me.
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