tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30555458.post8490642307383697793..comments2023-12-30T02:08:05.875-05:00Comments on Adamus at Large: My Poetry Dollars (not) at Work or How Elizabeth Alexander Destroyed Poetry in the United StatesAdam Byrn "Adamus" Tritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146942018135434361noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30555458.post-10960980749669795622009-01-28T15:05:00.000-05:002009-01-28T15:05:00.000-05:00I am so glad to hear someone comment on this. I w...I am so glad to hear someone comment on this. I was almost afraid to say how much I disliked not only her work, but her reading of it. <BR/><BR/>By the way, this is Jennifer, an old fan of your Tellstones system. Still using it, still incredibly pleased with the results. ^_^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30555458.post-87125498256548436922009-01-24T13:32:00.000-05:002009-01-24T13:32:00.000-05:00I recently saw the tape of Robert Frost's bungled ...I recently saw the tape of Robert Frost's bungled reading at Kennedy's inauguration. Not only was he a lousy reader of his own poetry, but he lost his place, then the papers blew away, and then he had to recite a totally different (but better) poem by memory. He still did a lousy job in the performance of it.<BR/><BR/>I think I need to hire myself out to poets to coach and train them how to read their own work in public.Sewa Yolemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736250662604561083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30555458.post-54578562225435865442009-01-23T15:39:00.000-05:002009-01-23T15:39:00.000-05:00Perhaps she'd not have, but at least it would have...Perhaps she'd not have, but at least it would have been her job to have performed that function.<BR/><BR/>Other Laureates have performed admirably in the past so there is no reason to feel it would have been as it was regardless of the poet. <BR/><BR/>And having read Ryan's work, yes I feel it would have been better by far.Adam Byrn "Adamus" Tritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146942018135434361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30555458.post-49678945306178221712009-01-23T15:12:00.000-05:002009-01-23T15:12:00.000-05:00Um, just wondering: Do you really think Kay Ryan,...Um, just wondering: Do you really think Kay Ryan, another droning academic, would have performed any better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30555458.post-22132036128453294622009-01-22T21:29:00.000-05:002009-01-22T21:29:00.000-05:00I think she was darned lucky there was so much bul...I think she was darned lucky there was so much bulletproof glass in front of her.Sewa Yolemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736250662604561083noreply@blogger.com