Way to poop my party guys. But seriously, you're both absolutely right.
Douglas, it's true that the worst case scenario is that they all troop in
all thespian and pretentious and mangle the poems; I just got a little
excited seeing all them big names, I'm sheepishly ashamed. We can only hope
for the best.
Bob, I agree that while poetry getting attention & money is a good thing,
POETS getting attention & money would be even better. Also you can bet your
ass those actors aren't doing this pro bono, like us poets (usually) do.
KS
On 9 April 2011 00:03, Bob Grumman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm afraid I, egocentric as I am, can only regret the amount of money spent
> on nice little things like this instead of going to the support of
> contemporary poets barely getting by, and I doubt that I'm the only one.
>
> the Whiner
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