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		peri on March 30, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Who are your favorite poets? And one poet I never appreciated when introduced to her, but love now: Edna St. Vincent Millay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay Renaissance and Other Poems is full of just staggering work: http://books.google.com/books?id=vxUpAAAAYAAJ

heurist on March 30, 2015 [–]

Since you studied it - what do you look for in great poetry?

peri on March 30, 2015 | [–]

Parsimony.

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