At 03:50 PM 9/8/99 +0100, Peter Riley wrote:
>>And yet, when folk say that 'X' is a performance poet, it seems reasonable
>>clear that they do not mean that she (he) writes poetry.
>>
>
>Actually, in the world of official poetry I think everyone is a
>"performance poet" now. I noticed on a recent flyer that Les Murray's agent
>offers him precisely as "Performance Poet Les Murray"; I think you have to
>do this if you want to get paid for appearing and especially if you want
>public money to be involved.
I can just see it:
Performance Poet Robert Pinsky.
Savor the sound.
Cheers,
Philip Nikolayev
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