[New-Poetry] Kleinzahler's bad rep

[Halvard Johnson]

Well, you've got it right there, Karen. But, believe it or
not, beneath my clothes I'm very well dressed, even
though I don't act it.

Hal

"Am I wrong, or are fewer and fewer people
  using the word 'Weltschmerz' these days?"
      		       --Christopher Howell

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On Aug 4, 2008, at 4:22 PM, karen wrote:

> Hal,
>
> In my experience, they are always well-dressed and act accordingly.   
> Except for you of course....
>
> k
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Halvard Johnson  
> <halvard at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Makes me wonder what poets DO act like, James.
>
> Hal
>
> "If you can't stand Byzantine intrigue,
>  get out of the cabal."
> 		--New Yorker cartoon
>
> Halvard Johnson
> ================
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> http://entropyandme.blogspot.com
> http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com
> http://www.hamiltonstone.org
> http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html
>
>
> On Aug 4, 2008, at 4:12 PM, JforJames at aol.com wrote:
>
>> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sfpoet28-2008jul28,0,2422483.story
>> with his fighting words, and ways.
>> By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
>> July 28, 2008
>> SAN FRANCISCO -- August Kleinzahler gets into fights at poetry  
>> readings.
>> Once, in Ireland, he traded insults with a host he found verbose.  
>> At a reading in a New York bar, he told a noisy drunk to shut his  
>> trap. Fists flew after the guy made a crack about Kleinzahler's  
>> coat, a sentimental hand-me-down from his father.
>>
>> Kleinzahler goes to readings because he is a poet. He just doesn't  
>> act like one.
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