Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2005. First Printing. Hardcover. “I've never understood the poor repute poetry has among general readers, who would rather spend time with a conventional novel, a biography of a great writer, or a memoir by some public figure. They take it for granted that contemporary poetry is not only hopelessly obscure, but completely irrelevant to their lives, in addition to being just plain boring. This is simply not..... More