There is little in these 500-plus pages to remind readers of the astonishing vibrancy and strangeness of Donne's poetic imagination.

ECONOMIST: English poetry

Over the years Ms. Yokoshi, who lives and works in New York, has demonstrated her theatrical imagination and ability to create poetic performances marked by mystery, surprise and wit in works such as "Shuffle, " her 2003 solo, and "what we when we, " her 2006 work for a cast of five.

WSJ: Giselle at the D?j?ji Temple | Yasuko Yokoshi | Bell | New York Live Arts | By Robert Greskovic

The risk here is a flattening of the voice, a tiredness of imagination, a decline into a sort of poetic journalese the verse equivalent of a clippings job.

ECONOMIST: Encapsulating a century in verse

Successful tsiattistaes (poet-singers) exhibit ready wit, deep familiarity with poetic and musical traditions, a rich vocabulary and an active imagination.

UNESCO: Tsiattista poetic duelling