“Too busy to try and choose between all of the Literary Magazines you see on the Magazine rack at Borders or Barnes and Noble? Love poetry?
Then the Best American Poetry 2007 was meant for you. These poems can be as enticing and inviting as Mary Jo Bang's (what a great name for a poet!) "The Opening" " 2. Open the door and look in./ The magic cat is clawing the sofa./The midnight lamp is loosing some light./ Someone is getting undressed./Her pajamas are pressed/ And she's getting into a bed of flowers./ Ophelia is lying in the bog in the park.,/ A moment's orphan in the afterdark./ Sing me a song, Pet, I beg of you."
I use the anthology for my buying decisions, Christmas and birthday requests. It offers the chance to renew old acquaintances and discover new poets. Once I felt contemptuous of "Best of" antologies; today as a slightly harried High School English teacher, I'm grateful that a discerning working poet has narrowed the field for me. ”
