I've had nothing to say about poetry for a while -- hold your applause, good gentles -- but plenty of others have:

♣ On his g r a p e z weblog, Greg Perry proposes a Poets Scale (based on Beaufort Wind Scale), just in time for Ivan. And speaking of tropical weather: read Greg's reports from the recent Fenway Park 'concert' by Jimmy Buffet. Then read most anything else Greg has posted lately; it will reward your attentions.

♣ Jonathan Mayhew's weblog Bemsha Swing is a daily "must" for anyone with a serious interest in poetry. Never dull, often eye-opening. I don't concur in a number of his personal tastes (though I share more than my demeanor around here might suggest), but the focused attention he brings to his subjects is inspiring. I recommend his recent thoughts on translation -- start with this Sept. 12 post and work your way up. He is opinionated without [corrected per comment below] being painfully doctrinaire, and one has to approve the range displayed in a comment such as this one

Poets that you can never get enough of, that you can't have too many translations or editions of. For me, in no particular order, it's Basho, Claudio Rodríguez, Frank O'Hara, Barbara Guest, Samuel Beckett, the Shakespeare of the Sonnets.