Hey, good going Frank, pity the IRS are coming to take the subwoofer away. <giggle>
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Parker" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Money and poetry
> Yes, yes, of course, the memorable poem (but aren't all of mine already
> memorable? I forget.)
>
> Interesting that you should mention money and poetry in the same breath,
> Alison. A couple of months ago a young poet from Florida contacted me and
> wanted to be published on my web site. I don't take submissions but thought
> what the hell after reading some of her work. We corresponded via email
> concerning her poems and posting them to my site, which I did. Then, out of
> the blue, she asked if I'd be her mentor for $250 a month and $35 an hour
> thereafter. I wrote back that the money wasn't necessary, that I'd be glad
> to offer comments on her work and discuss poetry in general but she insisted
> on paying me ("Take the money, my parents are rich.") So, I'm sitting here
> listening to Stan Getz via the brand new 6.1 Surround Sound Receiver in my
> bedroom (not to be confused with the surround sound system in the
> livingroom). When bread falls from the sky, eat! This is the most money I've
> ever made with poetry.
>
> Frank, the happy mentor
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:06 AM
> Subject: Money and poetry
>
>
>> Money is a kind of poetry, said - was it Wallace Stevens? Anyway, a piece
>> in The Guardian today which claims, among other things, "Poets would
> surely
>> forsake any prize money for the sake of just one timelessly memorable
> poem."
>> If it wasn't a false choice (because it is, in terms that are rather suss)
> I
>> would say, it depends how broke said poet is...
>>
>> Not only that, but poets need "translators". Anyway, for the curious...
>>
>> http://books.guardian.co.uk/forwardprize2005/story/0,16299,1585250,00.html
>>
>> Best
>>
>> A
>>
>>
>> Alison Croggon
>>
>> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
>> Editor, Masthead: http://masthead.net.au
>> Home page: http://alisoncroggon.com
>>
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