[quote]Originally posted by Richard Wakefield:
Bob:
"Anyone out there with more specific info?"
That's what I'm looking for, Richard. A kind of baseline for judgement, before we go hacking at a poet because of his/her apparent non-achievement.
Maybe Parisi of POETRY would be a good candidate, not a poet, actually, but a powerful judge.
Maybe Helen Vendler, or Richard Moore. Who knows? I'm too new at this art to understand the Great Gig.
I do, however, claim to be the Poet Laureate of West Acton. Joan Houlihan is the Poet Laureate of South Acton. And Robert Creeley is the Poet Laureate of All the Actons. So far, I've worked to stack Acton Memorial Library with good poetry and regular readings by recognized poets (like the Poet Laureate of West Acton). Seriously, we now do November and April readings now and offer the Creeley Award to a "ticket" poet. I've got it growing. I wonder what the Grand Poet Laureate is supposed to do to heat up the national audience.
Bob
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