Hey, that's right: a praise word. Friends of mine, some years ago, heard me
read at a national poetry festival in Australia's capital. When they
returned to Perth, they told all our mutual friends with some surprise, Hey,
Andrew is a REAL poet!
In their mind, I had a seal of approval from a program, a festival, and
other writers.
Andrew
> *Ken Wolman wrote:
> *
> Kroetsch WAS a good place to start, come to think of it.
>
> Allegedly, some kid poet came over to Robert Frost at some gathering and
> introduced himself by saying "I'm a poet." Frost replied "That's a
> praise word. I'd wait 'til someone else called me that."
>
> ken
>
> ------------------
> Kenneth Wolman rainermaria.typepad.com
>
> "I agree with the Chekhov character who, when in a crisis, he is
> reminded that 'this, too, shall pass,' responds 'Nothing
> passes.'"--Philip Roth
>
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Andrew
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