November 15th, 2009 / 9:52 pm
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Happy Sunday


Q: Bob, what about the situation of American poets. Kenneth Rexroth has estimated that since 1900 about 30 American poets have committed suicide.
A: Thirty poets! What about American housewives, mailmen, street cleaners, miners? Jesus Christ, what’s so special about 30 people that are called poets? I’ve known some very good people that have committed suicide. One didn’t do nothing but work in a gas station all his life. Nobody referred to him as a poet, but if you’re gonna call people like Robert Frost a poet, then I got to say this gas station boy was a poet too.

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10 Comments

  1. November 16th, 2009 / 2:32 am Derek White—

      for some reason the suicide of that German goalie Enke the other day got to me more than most and i didn’t even know who he was except that he was a German goalie.

  2. November 15th, 2009 / 10:32 pm Derek White—

      for some reason the suicide of that German goalie Enke the other day got to me more than most and i didn’t even know who he was except that he was a German goalie.

  3. November 16th, 2009 / 4:31 am Justin Taylor—

      I’m going to see Dylan on Wednesday.

  4. November 16th, 2009 / 12:31 am Justin Taylor—

      I’m going to see Dylan on Wednesday.

  5. November 16th, 2009 / 4:37 am Marcus Whale—

      what a bizarre line of questioning.

  6. November 16th, 2009 / 12:37 am Marcus Whale—

      what a bizarre line of questioning.

  7. November 16th, 2009 / 6:41 am lamp—

      Great quote.

  8. November 16th, 2009 / 2:41 am lamp—

      Great quote.

  9. November 16th, 2009 / 3:58 pm james yeh—
  10. November 16th, 2009 / 11:58 am james yeh—