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This long free-verse poem by Lehman (ed., "The Best American Poetry") highlights the poet's friendship with National Book Award winner A.R. Ammons (1926–2001), to whom he dedicates this book. As Lehman explains in an introductory note, he spent years immersed in Ammons's work, drawing inspiration from his two book-length poems, Sphere: The Form of a Motion and Tape for the Turn of the Year. It's e...Log In or Sign Up to Read More