http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/what-kay-ryans-appointment-as-poet-laureate-really-means/07/30/2008/ Commentary On 21st Century Poetics Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:13:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/what-kay-ryans-appointment-as-poet-laureate-really-means/07/30/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Rachel Fox Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:23:57 +0000 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/?p=339#comment-452 Ah ha! That makes sense...except of course over here Frost is very well-known (certainly a lot of my generation studied Frost in school) whereas Collins is still a good way off that kind of fame. People who follow poetry know him quite well but I don't think he's that well-known here outside of what you might call poetry circles. Ah ha! That makes sense…except of course over here Frost is very well-known (certainly a lot of my generation studied Frost in school) whereas Collins is still a good way off that kind of fame. People who follow poetry know him quite well but I don’t think he’s that well-known here outside of what you might call poetry circles.

]]> http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/what-kay-ryans-appointment-as-poet-laureate-really-means/07/30/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-450 the poet Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:36:37 +0000 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/?p=339#comment-450 Rachel, Billy Collins is generally likened to Robert Frost due to his popularity, not necessarily for similarity in poetic styles. I didn't really mean to imply that. Rachel, Billy Collins is generally likened to Robert Frost due to his popularity, not necessarily for similarity in poetic styles. I didn’t really mean to imply that.

]]> http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/what-kay-ryans-appointment-as-poet-laureate-really-means/07/30/2008/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Rachel Fox Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:24:19 +0000 http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/?p=339#comment-451 This is the one I tried to comment on a while back during the log-in business. Billy Collins like Robert Frost? I'm no expert on US poetry...but I have read poems by both and had never thought them similar? Why do people put them together as you say? This is the one I tried to comment on a while back during the log-in business. Billy Collins like Robert Frost? I’m no expert on US poetry…but I have read poems by both and had never thought them similar? Why do people put them together as you say?

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