0193 American Poetry Comments

The topic was unique and creative... offers the readers much thought.

I'm quoting an American, BTW, and I guess he means all these qualities together; and 'not their opposites' so to speak. But...

I don't know, Michael. I loved the list of adjectives but wondered if it doesn't apply to really good poets from all over the world. I thought of Dylan Thomas (pithy) , A.E. Housman (precise) , Louis Carroll (wry) , Kahlil Gibran (wise) , Neruda (flinty) , Szmborska (real) ...and countless poets around the world whose spirit is both democratic and true. All of those qualities describe what a good poet should embody. But still, as an American, I like the spirit of this poem. Raynette

Exceptions that prove the rule?

i think you did a really good job on this one, it was a provocative title and the poem itself didn't let the reader down.