Robert Pinsky--an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator--was born on October 20, 1940 in Long Branch, New Jersey. Currently 68 years old, he has written many poems. His influences are Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Matthew Arnoid, T.S. Elliot, and W.H. Auden. These poet have inspired him in some of the writings he has done. In 1997-2000 he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Robert is also an author of 19 books most of which are collections of his own poetry. He now teached at Boston University and is the peotry editor at State.
Very nice use of dash dash construction in your writing. Maybe next time you could add a link to a poem of his, or attach a picture of Robert Pinsky. Nice meez! :]
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