Amy Clampitt

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Haibun. Haiku. Hay(na)ku. Rengay. Tanka.
Concrete. Ghazal. Lai. Pantoum. Prose poem. Rondeau. Rubáiyát.
Sestina. Skaldic verse. Sonnet. Terza rima. Triolet. Tritina. Villanelle.

The Collected Poems of Amy Clampitt
by Amy Clampitt.

Poets: Adam Zagajewski. Aleda Shirley. Amy Clampitt. Anne Carson.
The Beowulf Poet. Billy Collins. Billy Collins exercise.
Snorri's Edda. Carl Dennis. Charles Atkinson. Chase Twichell. Corey Marks.
François Villon Franz Wright. Galway Kinnell. Gary Young. The Gawain Poet. Jack Gilbert.
Jane Hirshfield. Jean Vengua. J. Zimmerman. J. Zimmerman (haiku). J. Zimmerman (tanka).
Jorie Graham. Karen Braucher. Karl Shapiro. Kay Ryan.
Laureate Poets: Britain; USA.
Len Anderson. Les Murray. Li-Young Lee. Linda Pastan. Louise Glück.
Nordic Skalds. Pulitzer Poetry Prize (U.S.A). Richard Hugo. Robert Bly.
Sappho. Sara Teasdale. Shiki (haiku). Snorri's Edda. Stephen Dunn.
Ted Kooser. W.S. Merwin.

Poetry of Amy Clampitt.
Books are shown alphabetically. Time line is at the end.

Amy Clampitt featured in:
2008: 100 Essential Modern Poems By Women edited by Joseph Parisi and Kathleen Welton. [Amy Clampitt has "dense, rich language and an intricate style".]
2005: 100 Great Poems Of the Twentieth Century edited by Mark Strand
1994: Best American Poetry: 1994 (guest editor A. R. Ammons) with "A Catalpa Tree on West Twelfth Street".
1991: Best American Poetry: 1991 (guest editor Mark Strand) with "A Whippoorwill in the Woods".
1990: Best American Poetry: 1990 (guest editor Jorie Graham) with "My Cousin Muriel".

Books:

Poetry.
A Silence Opens (1994).
Archaic Figures (1987).
The Kingfisher (1983).
Westward (1990).
What the Light was Like (1985).

Prose.
Predecessors, Et Cetera: Essays (1991) in the University of Michigan Press' Poets on Poetry series.

Theatre.
Mad with Joy, a play on the life of Dorothy Wordsworth.

Time line. Links and Books.

General attributes of poetry by Amy Clampitt

Amy Clampitt has "dense, rich language and an intricate style" (Joseph Parisi and Kathleen Welton in their 100 Essential Modern Poems By Women (2008).

Prose

Predecessors, Et Cetera (University of Michigan Press' "Poets on Poetry"

Readable insightful essays on the work of William Wordsworth, T.S. Eliot, John Donne, Marianne Moore, Robert Frost, and other poets.

Time Line

1920.: Born in New Providence, Iowa.
1978: Her first poem is published in The New Yorker.
1982: Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
1983: A poetry book The Kingfisher.
1984: Awarded an Academy of American Poets Fellowship.
1985: A poetry book What the Light was Like.
1987: A poetry book Archaic Figures.
1990: A poetry book Westward.; Her poem "My Cousin Muriel" included in the Best American Poetry: 1990.
1991: Prose collection Predecessors, Et Cetera (University of Michigan Press' "Poets on Poetry".; Her poem "A Whippoorwill in the Woods" included in the Best American Poetry: 1991.
1992: Made a fellow of the MacArthur Foundation.
1993: A staged reading of her play Mad with Joy, on the life of Dorothy Wordsworth.
1994: A poetry book A Silence Opens.; Her poem "A Catalpa Tree on West Twelfth Street" included in the Best American Poetry: 1991.; Died.
1997: The Collected Poems of Amy Clampitt (Knopf).

Links and Books.

Links and Books.

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