On Milton Acorn
Poetry Is Dead is working with Geist magazine on the Jackpine Sonnet Contest. Milton Acorn, who coined the Jackpine Sonnet, has left behind him a legacy in form. Poetry Is Dead met up with Acorn’s longtime friend and fellow poet James Deahl to talk more about his work and what he left behind.
Poetry Is Dead: Where did you and Milton Acorn become acquainted, and how did each of you affect each other's poetry?
tags Robert Lowell Notebook Milton Acorn James Deahl Jackpine Sonnet Canadian Poetry
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