[New-Poetry] Bon Jovi, Shaq, Doc Williams and old Walt...where'sGinsberg?

[David Graham]

Old joke about the famously laconic Calvin Coolidge:

Citizen:  "Mr. President, I've made a bet that I can get you to say  
more than two words.  What do you think of that?"

President Coolidge:  "You lose."


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William Carlos Williams?:  what a blabbermouth. . . .


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On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Bob Grumman wrote:

> TheOldMole wrote:
>>
>> Will they pay by the word?
> Well, I heard they offered David ten thousand, but but he turned it  
> down, memorably saying that the poem was so good, he'd pay them to  
> let him read it.  So if we don't hear from him for a while, it'll  
> be because he's practicing.
>
> --Bob

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