1.   He is a philologist, specialising in American poetry.

2.   This is a beautiful example of early American poetry.

3.   An anthology of modern American poetry.

4.   Because of insufficient financing, he had pretty much abandoned a plan to film a new series about American poetry.

5.   His new obsession is songwriting, specifically the composition of song cycles set to more down-to-earth, contemporary American poetry.

6.   I am particularly fond of American poetry and the spirit of its laws.

7.   This multiple-choice exercise focuses on classic American poetry.

8.   What went unsaid was that Dickey may be in poor health, but American poetry itself is in rigor mortis.