I should have been more careful not to imply that Pound, Ginsberg, and Plath lacked a knowledge of tradition. I meant to offer them as examples of poets who, in my own estimation, occasionally sacrifice sublimity for novelty, resulting in their omission from my list of favorite poets. I do, however, like individual poems by all three. Other readers will, of course, have different takes on poets they like or are less fond of. De gustibus non est disputandum.
Glenn
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