[New-Poetry] 60 seconds of Charles Bernstein

[TheOldMole]

We are in an age where, for good or otherwise -- I think it's good -- 
many poets -- Collins is one, Dunn, Kinnell a couple of others -- put on 
one hell of a good show. You could recommend them as entertainment to 
non-po-biz folkses.

David Graham wrote:
> I agree.  Great concept, but really a very lackluster performance of a 
> fairly bland piece, and no particularly good timing on display.  
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> You know who's got truly fine timing as a poetry reader?  Billy 
> Collins.  You may love or hate his poems, but he performs them with 
> masterful comic timing.  
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> On Dec 1, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote:
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>> I agree with the timing, agree with the idea, agree with so many 
>> things, but then, I find this performance quite cold and detached, 
>> dunno.. I had already seen it somewhere before.
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