Eight American Poets: An Anthology promise of good health “It takes skill to depict

“It takes skill to depict

individual acts of courage

A boy waits at a bus stop

There’s no escaping The Devourers

And then she sees something shocking

Eight American Poets: An Anthology promise of good health “It takes skill to depictAuthor Contributor(s): Conarroe, Joel Publisher: Vintage Date: 2 25 1997 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW In this generous anthology, Joel Conarroe has assembled the work of eight poets who have shaped and to some extent defined American verse since 1940: Elizabeth Bishop, James Merrill, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg, Theodore Roethke, John Berryman, Anne Sexton, and Robert Lowell. The 164 selections in Eight American Poets include widely anthologized