“When you make movies about poetry, generally they backup wheelbarrows full of money for you."
'Mad Men' star Jon Hamm, on making "Howl." (the Craig Ferguson show, 9/23/2010)
-- sdh
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
Can't make a movie about poetry, or even about poets.
None of what's important shows.
Posted by: Shelley | September 28, 2010 at 01:55 PM