Robert Pinsky
American poet and three-time Poet Laureate who initiated the Favorite Poem Project. His The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems ranges over a distinguished career.
Works
- Sadness and HappinessDebut collection exploring memory, childhood, and ordinary American experience
- An Explanation of AmericaDiscursive poem exploring American history, values, and what binds the nation
- History of My HeartNarrative poems tracing emotional and intellectual development through memory
- The Figured WheelCollection exploring language, form, mortality, and the making of poetry
- Jersey RainPoems about New Jersey landscape, weather, survival, and daily resilience