Ollo, I've been trying to find a poet to study in-depth

Dude we need more to work with than that. Are you looking for an epic poem? What other poets do you like? Are you only trying to read English language poets?

>>9126960
Ah, sorry.

I'm not particularly well read in poetry unfortunately I've enjoyed poetry that's written in aphorisms. The other poets that immediately come to mind are Edgar, Stevens, William Carlos, and Goethe. I haven't read many Epics beside the Iliad, Odysseus, and Beowulf and I wasn't a huge fan, but I do respect them. English is my only language but I'd be willing to learn another.

>>9126991
Well I ask about the epics because Leaves of Grass is an epic (which Song of Myself is in), as is Paterson by William Carlos Williams.
Honestly man I would argue Walt Whitman is America's greatest poet and only contrarians on lit would disagree.

I think you should check out Robert Creely and maybe John Berryman. Frank O'Hara is great too but he might not be your cup of tea. He's definitely very influenced by Whitman, but that goes for pretty much every American poet.

>>9126960
And try James Merril if you're after more complex stuff.

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>>9127138
Thanks man, I'll go check those out.

>>9127251
Yeah you can check out a lot of those guys on poetry foundation. A poet I've really been into recently is Thomas Lux. He's great, doesn't really write about himself which is very different than most poets nowadays. Unfortunately he passed away a week and a half ago; a mutual friend of mine had known him for 45 years. He had a lust for life and his poetry shows that.