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The Selected Poems of Howard Nemerov by Howard Nemerov

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3.0

Maybe I will have to give Nemerov another shot some day. I just didn't love anything in this collection, which seems to span his career. It may have been that I was reading these while waiting, which isn't always the best way to read something. I couldn't devote my entire attention on the book because part of me remained focused on the object of my waiting. I did notice that I enjoyed the poems more as the poet aged. I don't know what that says about me or him, other than I enjoyed the more recent poems better.
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