Appreciation …

… A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: L. E. Sissman and Lynn Martin. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

… important poets are indeed under-read, inadequately appreciated, or simply forgotten for myriad reasons, not the least of which is the ever-changing Zeitgeist. And sometimes it’s just a matter of bad luck — of careers cut short by unforeseen circumstances, including untimely death. This was the case with the two poets under consideration here.