Word: poem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...poem is read aloud in a bookstore but no one is around to listen to it (because everyone is off sipping espresso in the cafe or skimming the latest shock-a-minute memoir), does it make a sound? This April--designated National Poetry Month by the Academy of American Poets--might be a good time to ponder that question. More admired in principle than in practice, more respected than read, American poetry has survived the '90s through a combination of benign neglect, accumulated goodwill and a devoted cult of readers who will still be on deck reciting favorite lines should...
...poem to be read contains verses such as "Head our call this lonely night. Hurl us not into Quad-borne flight...
Krohn said his favorite poem from the reading was "The Russian," about a young man and his veteran father...
...explaining the first poem he read, "Why We Don't Die," Bly said, "The soul is ready to die. The body...
...Poem to the book review at TIME...