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Originally Posted by Rory Waterman
It seems to me that there are more good free verse poems being written than formal poems, though I find the splitting into two camps - us and them - depressing and inimical and, as it happens, more reductive than using the word 'Best' in the title of an anthology.
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The thought ending in the comma has my total agreement; general agreement with the latter. Nothing more radical (in the formalista Sphere) has been stated about poems in years and years.
Just noticed that post--well said, Rory!
The problem is you have to plow through such numbers of poems, whether fv or form, to get to what's good--in most journals. Not all. Best to ignore the moronic rift and those who perpetrate it.
I have not seen a copy of Best British Poetry 2011, though I'd like to. Anyone have a copy they don't want and would trade for US journals? If so, pm me.