Poet’s Choice (Vintage 1962 Hardcover)

Description

This book contains a personal favorite poem by each of over 100 poets – American, British, Canadian, Irish, Jamaican – born from 1874 (Robert Frost) to 1934 (Leonard Cohen). And after each poem, a statement by the poet about why they chose it – ranging from 3 lines (William Carlos Williams, Leonard Cohen) to 3 almost pages (John Ciardi, John Wain).