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The Editor responds:
In case you missed the allusion, Alexander Pope's exact phrase was: "They had no poet and died." That certainly captures how we at Book World feel about the importance of poetry. When Robert Pinsky's term was up, we leapt at the chance to be resuscitated by Mary Karr. We are awed and gratified by the many letters of support for this column.
And, for all who are curious about the parenthetical in the first letter, here is how Pinsky so masterfully echoes the line from Pope. From "Samurai Song":
When I had no roof I made
Audacity my roof. When I had
No supper my eyes dined.
When I had no eyes I listened.
When I had no ears I thought.
When I had no thought I waited.
