What a wonderful testament, Alison--so modest in tone
yet giving all those poets their due. Although I agree
with you that such literati have little to do with
celebrity poetry, I'm glad you chose to share your
memories of current (dead or alive) poets. They
deserve your honoring and that of the rest of us.
Thank you for the gesture.
Candice
I must have died alone
A long long time ago
(David Bowie)
--- Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Aha! Cue shameless namedropping.
>
> Famous Seamus once fixed me with an eagle eye and
> demanded to know
> where the name "Croggon" came from. I shared a taxi
> with Anne Carson
> in London. I had tea and buns with Jeremy Prynne on
> a William Morris
> carpet. I have enjoyed a number of hyper
> conversations with John
> Kinsella. Les Murray has slept on my floor and once
> drove me to
> Melbourne from Canberra. I went betting on horses
> with John Forbes and
> won on every race, so I bought him lunch. I'm sure
> I've said hello to
> other famous people.
>
> Some of these encounters mean more to me than
> others, some of these
> people I am very fond of. But meeting poets without
> the headline
> cachet but who are nevertheless brilliant has meant
> just as much to
> me. Sometimes much more.
>
> (I would have liked to hear Basil Bunting).
>
> I don't think celebrity has much to do with poetry.
>
> As one does, I interviewed a number of celebs when I
> was a journalist.
> The only person who ever reduced me to total
> tongue-tied awkwardness
> was Graeme Chapman from Monty Python (to me, he was
> a real legend). He
> was incredibly kind to me in a way I have never
> forgotten. But he was
> also a paralysingly shy person in his youth.
>
> All the best
>
> Alison
>
> --
> Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au
> Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
> Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com
>
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