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Throughout this semester of Contemporary Poetry, Morgan and I studied the 2011 Best American Poetry anthology. Out of all seventy-five poems, there were three that spoke to us: Family Math, Morning on the Island, and A Voice on the Answering Machine. We feel that these three poems are a good representation of the 2011 Best American Poetry book. One of our…
The poem “Dead Ass“ by Michael Cirelli, published in 2008 and featured in Best American Poetry 2011, features the author’s interpretation of phrases that he hears people say in his day to day life. These phrases are associated with younger generations, but Cirelli writes through his own eyes, as someone who is older and doesn’t use those…
Its no Starbucks, but you can still find “Coffee.”
Born in New York in 1961, Alan Michael Parker is the trick of all trades. As a novelist, he has written three novels. As a poet, he has written eight collections including Days Like Prose, Elephants and Butterflies, Ten Days, and Long Division. As a professor, he has been teaching creative writing at Davidson College since…
Carolyn Forche is a noteworthy poet known for her work in translations, human rights, and political poetry. Her 2010 poem, “Morning on the Island“, featured in Best American Poetry 2011, was first published in The Nation Magazine. The poem follows the only remaining animals on a seemingly lonely and undisturbed island. Forche’s serene poem teaches us that there is power…
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