poetry

If anyone is at all interested in contemporary poetry, POETRY magazine is a good place to become familiar with the territory. The latest issue is quite enjoyable. There are two new poems by Billy "I'm the only poet anyone reads these days" Collins, which restore my faith in american poetry. There is also a poem by Louise Gluck (am I the only one out there who thinks she's great?) where she makes fun of Robert Pinsky, a must for all you Pinsky fans out there.

In other poetry news, Gluck has joined Pinsky on the faculty at Boston U. As if I needed another reason to drool over their MFA program. Then again, UCI is only 20 minutes away from my house. What's a west-coast boy to do?

In other, much smaller poetry news, the poem I've been working on for months is finally finished, revised, and the new batch of copies from the Duplication Center will be in my hands later this afternoon.