Brian, welcome, and thanks for the Victrola poem.
David, I hope an Ozzie does have something to reply about those poems in Poetry. (Frustratingly, I can't find my January issue--I'm not sure I got one.)
A while back, I was wondering where to find a bibliography of articles in the ongoing formalism/anti-formalism debate. I found one, in the back matter of Rebel Angels, which probably everyone but me on this list has read years ago.
Seeing the bibliography and the acknowledgments lists in that book makes me very conscious of the size of the debt formalists owed to Story Line Press, and what a loss it is that they've gone under.
Not to distract from other questions above, but I have another one: When and how does clever rhyme become distracting? When is there too much of a good thing?
(Editing back because I see I cross-posted with Peter above, and I'm glad to have his recommendations and links.)
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