Antler (Poet) - Definition

Antler (born 1946) is a wilderness-based poet who lives in Wisconsin. His work reflects the influences of Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, and the American traditions of transcendentalism and environmentalism. Allen Ginsberg declared Antler to be "the most enlightening and magnanimous American poem I've seen of '60s and '70s decades." City Lights published his long poem Factory in 1980. Last Words was published in 1986 by Ballantine. Antler: The Selected Poems was published by Soft Skull Press in 2000. He received the Walt Whitman award in 1987. Antler is also the official Poet Laureate of Milwaukee.