[New-Poetry] Celebrity Poetry

[TheOldMole]

Collins is listed in the keys at the top of the article because he's 
mentioned in the article, but he's mentioned as a real poet, not a 
celebrity.

If it were me, and I were going to choose a songwriter whose works hold 
up in a literary context, I'd choose Chuck Berr.

Linda Sue Grimes wrote:
> Leonard Nimoy is a celebrity in the same sense as all the others on 
> that list, except Billy Collins.  Collins is a former poet laureate, 
> not a movie star, singer, or TV star.  If Collins is a celebrity, it's 
> actually for poetry.
>  
> lsg
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* shin02143 at aol.com <mailto:shin02143 at aol.com>
>     *To:* new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu <mailto:new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, March 08, 2008 9:29 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [New-Poetry] Celebrity Poetry
>
>     Leonard Nimoy poetry? Yikes! Live Long and Prosper.
>
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Linda Sue Grimes <lsgrimes at stonegulch.com
>     <mailto:lsgrimes at stonegulch.com>>
>     Sent: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 8:04 am
>     Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Celebrity Poetry
>
>     from the Huff-Post article:  Ally Sheedy Poetry
>     <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/ally-sheedy-poetry>, Best
>     Celebrity Poetry
>     <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/best-celebrity-poetry>, */Billy
>     Collins Poetry/*
>     <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/billy-collins-poetry>, Bob
>     Dylan Poetry <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/bob-dylan-poetry>,
>     Celebrity Poetry
>     <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/celebrity-poetry>, Charlie
>     Sheen Poetry
>     <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/charlie-sheen-poetry>, Jeffy
>     Tweedy Poetry
>     <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/jeffy-tweedy-poetry>, Leonard
>     Nimoy Poetry
>     <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/leonard-nimoy-poetry>, Suzanne
>     Somers Poetry
>     <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/suzanne-somers-poetry>,
>      
>     Billy Collins? 
>      
>     lsg
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "TheOldMole" <Opus40-01 at opus40.org
>     <mailto:Opus40-01 at opus40.org>>
>     To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp;Views"
>     <new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu <mailto:new-poetry at wiz.cath.vt.edu>>
>     Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 9:39 PM
>     Subject: [New-Poetry] Celebrity Poetry
>
>     >
>     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/the-best-and-worst-of-cel_b_90362.html
>     >
>     > --
>     > Tad Richards
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The moral is this: in American verse,
The better you are, the pay is worse.
  --Corey Ford