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Sat 11 Nov 2002Less than perfect zooPOETRY: 'Anthologies are to poets as the zoo is to animals." So said the American poet, David Antin, thereby raising the question, what kind of zoo is this? Do the animals confront us for weekend entertainment or for serious instruction?Are they are set up for coerced schoolchildren or for ladies in hats/gentlemen in spats? How does Michael Schmidt cage his frisky charges? Do his arrangements create an environment in which they can demonstrate their paces, or do they leave us worrying that they look more dead than alive?