[lit-ideas] Re: fill in the blank...
- From: wokshevs@xxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:32:38 -0230
I believe we would be quite surprised to find out how many successful scholars
and artists are also denizens of the eternal deep-freeze, either but in their
own minds or in the world "out there" or both.
Oh well, so long as immortality is attained, who cares about the details?
Give me immortality or give me death. Inclusive "or," of course.
Walter O.
MUN
Quoting Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Judith: But which Eric Yost?
>
> Some fool frozen in time.
>
> The poem was accepted in January 2001 and the book published around
> December 2001. I remember revisiting the poem after 9/11 and wanting to
> pull it from the anthology. Post-attack, my poem seemed naive, the
> blather of a drumbeating zombie liberal. I felt ashamed of its tone.
> Finally wrote to the editor and told her to pull it, but it was too
> late. Frozen in time as a fool. Both eyes shut for the class photo.
> Being remembered as the critic who thought Mozart had no talent. It was
> the last poem I've submitted for publication. It wasn't that good a poem
> anyway. There are much stronger poets on this list.
>
> Regards,
> some other fool
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