I wouldn’t write at
all if it weren’t for myriad writers before me whose works showed me what was
possible. The poems of this series are small offerings of respect, of thanks,
to those muses. – Brian Beatty
Kenneth Koch
A mail order beret?
What was I thinking?
It shipped from Paris,
sure. Paris, Illinois.
I suppose you don’t
know where that is.
Look it up in an atlas.
They used to be given
away at gas stations.
– Brian Beatty
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Growing up and reading out in the heart of "flyover country" I've always had fun reimagining what writers of coastal movements like the New York School would've written living where I do.
ReplyDeleteAn incredibly secondary confession: I've always thought that in his later years Koch looked like he should be guest starring on The Love Boat.
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