A.R. Ammons
Birth date: February 18, 1926
Died: February 25, 2001
A.R. Ammons's Books
A.R. Ammons (1926 - 2001), like so many contemporary American poets, was for most of his adult life a university professor (in his case, 34 years at Cornell), since poets must eat but poets do not sell. Archie had a fairly successful career - he won the National Book Award twice, the National Book C...
Garbage reviewI'm always on people about recycling, so after seeing this poem hanging out at the library I had to take a glance. A. R. Ammon picks through the garbage with a vibrant mind of all that matters. Poetry with a unique sound. Here is some of the funnier parts of the poem, not that I was lo...