That is to say there are no experimental poets, no "postmoderns".
Using experimental poets and musicians, she turns a potentially repetitive mix of street smarts and tradition into a theatrical tapestry.
The longest-running feud is probably the low-intensity border war between so-called experimental poets and their "mainstream" brethren.
Experimental poets are typically late bloomers.
In fact, poetry has two very different life cycles of creativity: conceptual poets peak early, but experimental poets peak late.
Other modern experimental poets who were excellent late in their careers include Thomas Hardy, William Butler Yeats, Marianne Moore, Stanley Kunitz, Robert Penn Warren, W.H. Auden, Philip Larkin, Derek Walcott, Seamus Heaney, and Joseph Brodsky.
The difference in the life cycles of conceptual and experimental poets is no mere numbers game, but stems from basic differences in the nature of their art.
In contrast, the greatest achievements of experimental poets depend on deep knowledge of their subjects and subtle mastery of language and style.
Influenced by Pratt, Earle Birney, another innovative and experimental poet, published the frequently anthologized tragic narrative "David" (1942), the first of many audacious, technically varied poems exploring the troubling nature of humanity and the cosmos.
"He's an experimental poet".
