:-)
but you did it gracefully!
let's hear some more Old Mole
On 2/11/07, TheOldMole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Well, I was one of the organizers of the wonderful but short-lived
> Woodstock
> Poetry Festival, and when Stephen Dunn read, he was out shaking hands and
> chatting before the reading, and it was my job to gracefully steer people
> away from Dunn after a certain period, so they wouldn't monopolize his
> time.
> Which I was doing gracefully and tactfully, until I suddenly did a
> doubletake, and realized, "Oh, shit, I just gracefully steered Donald Hall
> away."
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lyn Moir" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 3:47 AM
> Subject: Re: What famous poets have you met or seen read in person?
>
>
> > Apart from hearing poets read in person, and the first one I heard was
> > Robert Frost, in the chapel at Vassar,
> > I've spent an afternoon chatting with Elizabeth Bishop, only knowing
> that
> > she was a poet, not Who, at a friend's house, and worked in a tiny
> > intercollegiate group of students trying to get published, with Sylvia
> P.
> > Do they count?
> >
> > Lyn
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jon Corelis" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 6:17 PM
> > Subject: What famous poets have you met or seen read in person?
> >
> >
> >> Allen Ginsberg (heard read and went to his reception)
> >> Kenneth Koch (heard read)
> >> Basil Bunting (heard read, and he gave me some wine)
> >> Gregory Corso (heard read and he autographed a book)
> >> Bob Kaufman (well actually I just bought him a beer once if that
> counts)
> >>
> >> --
> >> ===================================
> >>
> >> Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/jgcorelis/
> >>
> >> ===================================
> >>
> >
>
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