Well, I'd rather be O'Hara too, but given the questions it seems clear
that Creeley isn't a possibility, which is too bad as I'd be happy to
be him (as poet; as person, he could be difficult, at least when
younger). It is intriguing that so many of us, all so different, became
Ashbery. A set-up?
Doug
PS: Alison: I've never read that deeply into Stevens, so, knowing only
some of the best known poems, I didn't know he was a misogynist. What I
do know is that, although great at what he does, what he does isn't as
much what I try to do as those in the Pound-WIlliams lineage...
On 24-Oct-05, at 7:49 PM, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
> Kenneth Wolman wrote:
>
>> If Ashbery had a stock price it'd be sky high.
>>
>> I did the quiz again. Not outright lying, just alternative versions
>> of Me. Help. I AM SYLVIA PLATH. This is not funny. <pause>
>> Actually it's the funniest thing that's happened to me all day.
>>
>> ken
>
> I don't know what the alternatives are. I'm not inclined to go back
> and find out all the possibilities. Anne Bradstreet? Oh no, this is
> MODERN. Never mind. Actually I'd pick Frank O'Hara. So I'm not gay.
> I'd like to meet one male American poet who is 100% straight (James
> Dickey tried too damned hard). I wouldn't mind coming up as Mark
> Doty. I'm also not a woman, and I came up as Sylvia Plath. If I'd
> landed on Berryman or Lowell, it'd be too close for discomfort.
>
> Second...Jenniffer Lesh. Not Ley, Lesh, she who was here for awhile
> before leaving Bakersfield, I think some sort of romantic thing. I
> have her old number stored. I called it and it's been given away to
> someone else who has no idea of who I'm talking about. Has anyone
> been able to locate her? Has she located you?
>
> Ken
>
>
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All day long the heart’s
dark bud unfurls
coils for its quick season
-- How could I forget
you, Heart?
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