Despite some recent interests from a couple institutions, I burned all of my remaining papers about four months ago, in a bonfire, by a lake. But I had it filmed for "posterity." It is going up on YouTube after I die. The music and production values are quite good. I figured I would get many more YouTube hits for it than I would applicants to rummage through my archive. Plus, it was all such a hopeless mess, I never could have prepared it properly.
>>> Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> 08/26/16 12:03 PM >>>
I plan to be cremated and live out eternity on the mantle. I've instructed my son to burn the occasional poetry book and mix its ashes with mine so that I have something to read: eternity can be such a bore.
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>From: David Lace <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Have any of you prepared for posthumous recognition?
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>Not being a poet myself, I’m fascinated by the concept of posthumous recognition for ones poetry. Some poets I know of are also fascinated by it, and have gone to some lengths to ensure that their poetry (indeed also themselves) gain some sort of posthumous recognition. Many of them have been quite proactive in this regard, and have taken measures to ensure that their poetic output (and other relevant miscellany) is regularly deposited in various university archives and Special Collection departments around the world. Are there any on this list who this applies to, and if so can you tell us something about your motivations and experiences of doing this.
