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Originally posted by Gregory Dowling:
Sam, Rafael Campo (born 1964), Rachel Wetzsteon (1967) and Greg Williamson (1964), all in Rebel Angels, are younger than Alexander. (And better poets, in my opinion.)
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Yeah, but Rafael's thundering iambs grow tiresome. You're damning with faint praise.
BUT, I'm happy there's a poet at the scene. What was it Frost said, the first man on the moon should be a poet?
Obama has SUCH a tough job ahead of him: shaking off the $10 trillion hangover. The Nov. 5 Onion headline read: Black Man Given Worst Job in America.
Maybe we should cut him some slack on this one.
Whatever happened to the new president's honeymoon?
Bob