He has written some of the most memorable poems of our time, and his achievement rivals that of great American poets like Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop. |
If you had to put all your money on one living poet whose work will be read in a hundred years, Richard Wilbur would be a good bet. |
Nature poets can't walk across the backyard without tripping over an epiphany |
This year's competition for the Lilly Fellowships was fiercely competitive, and the two poets who emerged as winners are already writing at an extraordinarily high level, ... I expect readers will be hearing a lot from these two poets in the years to come. |