Right. I'm on to it. Pick me up at the next truck bay ... I'm the one with
the rucksack recommended by Gary Snyder.
AndRoo
On 2 February 2012 22:29, Gerald Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Wind-swept hair, the vast open road, infinite possibility.
>
> Poets (like truckers)... they're the backbone of our economy.
>
> What I'd like to do for my stint in the driver's seat of TRUCK for the
> month of February... is to step away from the stereotypes of (truck
> driving) and poetics... We all have an idea of what a truck driver's like,
> what a poet's like... but I'll bet there's so much more.
>
> Everyone has the idea of a big, overweight, burly poet who'd really rough
> and raw, but I'm here to invite one and all within the tri-state area reach
> and beyond to climb up into the cab and prove that's not the case. I'm
> betting that many of you just wanted to be poets. You wanted the freedom.
> Or you lost your way and didn't know what else to do.
>
> I read a recent survey that said a shortage of poets suggests an improving
> economy. But back years ago, when many of us hit the road, poets made up
> one of the largest occupations in the world. there were millions and
> millions of us. That's a lot of poets in mobile purgatory--a lot of people
> many others might never really see, except maybe through their rear-view
> mirror.
>
> I invite you to add to this picture of poet culture. Our task is before
> us-- to portray "the integrity" of the poetic life.
>
> Please send me something I can post. Help me ease the hours on end of
> driving toward nothing in the middle of nowhere. I want to read a lot of
> poetry.
>
> Thanks.
>
> G. E. Schwartz
> (leaving the light on for you)
> [log in to unmask]
>
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