This may be recognized more often by novelists and poets than by scientists.

FORBES: Sorry, Jeopardy Watchers: No Computer Will Ever Be Remotely Human

All these poets, and many more, are represented in Mr Forbes's anthology.

ECONOMIST: Encapsulating a century in verse

Like most good poets, he thought the voyages of his imagination more important than travels round the world.

ECONOMIST: Charles Causley

More interesting than the proliferation of hip n' hipster following the Beat poets are the claims to the word's origins.

FORBES

Nonetheless, poets like Mr Milosz persist in the impossible task, conscious that they can never do more than suggest a ghostly outline of the original.

ECONOMIST: Translating poetry is impossible but worthwhile

Just as old masters often depicted sages and poets as tiny figures amid mountains and forests, he saw current events and players as just one more element in his vast land.

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