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April 07, 2004

Meta, We Get Meta...

by Ron Hogan

Robert Pinsky kicks off National Poetry Month for Slate with a translation of Su Tung-p'o's "Reading the Poetry of Meng Chao," which apparently sucked: "Why should I strain my ears / listening to the squeak of this autumn insect?"

Pinsky's also involved with the Favorite Poem Project, where people share verse they like a lot better than that.

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