Abstract, Beautiful , Charming, Complex, Conceptual, Deconstruction, Deconstructive, Free/avant-garde, Hip hop, Impressionism, Intense, Ironic, Layered, Magical realism, Metaphysical poetry, Minimalist art, Modernist poetry, Philosophy, Rebel

Modernist poetry, Surrealist art

Early on, Pinsky was inspired by the flow and tension of jazz and the excitement that it made him feel. He said it was an incredible experience that he has tried to reproduce in his poetry. The musicality of poetry was and is extremely important to his work.

Grand, Modernist poetry, Rhythmic, Spare

There is a particular grunt, sputter, and song in a Heaney poem: "Perch on their water perch hung in the clear Bann River/Near the clay bank in alder dapple and waver." This is another poet in love with his language -- specifically, the cadences of the Irish tongue. The sounds of clattering, bumping,

Composed, Event, Lyrical, Modernist poetry, Mythic, Sensual, Serene