Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Hass introduces and discusses a single poem in this weekly feature from Book World.

Oct. 12, 1997 - The Invention of Cuisine, by Carol Muske

Oct. 5, 1997 - "Never get used to this; the feathery, swaying casuarinas," by Derek Walcott

Sept. 28, 1997 - Of the Ever-Changing Agitation in the Air, by Jorie Graham

Sept. 21, 1997 - The Bottom Line, by Dennis O'Driscoll