An essay by this poet ends with an image of helium balloons attached to tents "occupying the air," and describes how his wife was knocked down by a deputy on the Berkeley campus.
One of this poet's works describes how the word "blackberry" loses its meaning so that "a word is elegy to what it signifies." That poem, "Meditation at Lagunitas," appears in his collection Praise. He appeared in the largely panned film Wildflowers, reading selections from his own poetry. An essay by this poet ends with an image of helium balloons attached to tents "occupying the air," and describes how his wife was knocked down by a deputy on the Berkeley campus. That essay, about the Occupy movement, is called "Poet-Bashing Police." His non-fiction includes the book Twentieth Century Pleasures. Known for his translations of Czeslaw Milosz and Japanese haiku, he included a number of politically-charged poems in his Pulitzer-winning Time and Materials. For 10 points, name this former Poet Laureate of the United States from California.
One of this poet's works describes how the word "blackberry" loses its meaning so that "a word is elegy to what it signifies.
Robert Hass