PlainwaterAnne Carson The poetry and prose collected in Plainwater are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as "the most exciting poet writing in English today." Succinct and astonishingly beautiful, these pieces stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions. Carson envisions a present day interview with a seventh century BC poet, and offers

so I’m tempted to call it a short experimental novel

virtuosic in its artistry

In Tomatoes

Nu eens droogkomisch en prozaïsch

and pulls out the rear

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Nor did he think that conventional approaches to storytelling or lyrical composition could capture the complexities of human behavior or personal and national identity

though with a dark undertone of Polish-German history

Ik wil ze kwijt maar durf ze

waarin ze zichzelf afvraagt hoe door te leven in deze wereld en welke vragen wij onszelf zouden moeten stellen

and many moods

The Hawk in the Rain was Ted Hughes's first collection of poems