The great watershed of modern poetry is French, more than English.
topic: Modern, Poetry Is, Watersheds, Modern Poetry

topic: Art, Philosophy, Philosophical, Modern Poetry, Commentary
topic: Needs, Way, Language, Modern Poetry
topic: History, People, Complaining, Modern Poetry
topic: Past, Wish, Transition, Modern Poetry, Romantic Poetry
topic: Song, Thinking, Speech, Modern Poetry, Distaste
The wonder is that communism lasted so long. But then again, modern poetry lasted a long time, too.
source: P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “The CEO of the Sofa”, p.83, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
topic: Long, Wonder, Communism, Modern Poetry
The reason modern poetry is difficult is so that the poet's wife cannot understand it.
topic: Wife, Poetry, Reason, Modern Poetry
topic: Baby, Real, People, Modern Poetry, Convoluted
Modern poetry, for me, began not in English at all but in Spanish, in the poems of Lorca.
topic: Modern, Lorca, Modern Poetry
topic: Book, Journey, Looks, Modern Poetry
topic: Horse, Racing, Needs, Modern Poetry, Horse Racing
topic: Regret, Believe, Reading, Modern Poetry, English Poetry
topic: Important, Elements, Consciousness, Modern Poetry
Poets arguing about modern poetry: jackals snarling over a dried-up well.
topic: Arguing, Poet, Modern, Snarling, Modern Poetry
topic: Writing, Long, Waiting, Good Poetry, Modern Poetry