Ian Tromp (review date 2000)
SOURCE: Tromp, Ian. Review of Morning Poems, by Robert Bly. TLS: Times Literary Supplement, no. 5093 (10 November 2000): 3.
[In the following review, Tromp acknowledges the wisdom and delicate simplicity of Bly's Morning Poems, calling them the best the poet has written.]
In imitation of the practice of his friend William Stafford, Robert Bly took to writing a poem every morning. He has explained that he stayed in bed until he finished the poem, which on some days meant getting up at dawn, on others at...
Source: Poetry Criticism, ©2002 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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