The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Sat 4/26/2008)

[RetroLounge]

Summary of Pittsburgh

I read this summary of Pittsburgh in six paragraphs one time.
I was over at a girl's house
And she had all these brochures that were about Pittsburgh.
She wanted to relocate out to the pittsburgh area
So she was filling out applications to schools in Pittsburgh.
So she had all this literature and one of the brochures
Was talking up the various cultural aspects of Pittsburgh-
Trying to lure you to Pittsburgh with cultural aspects.
But this one brochure I'm talking about had
A summary of Pittsburgh in six paragraphs.
The first paragragh started off
With general declarations about Pittsburgh,
Followed by succesive paragraphs
That reinforced ideas forecasted in the first paragraph.
The final paragraph ended up wrapping the the whole thing up-
Recaping ideas established throughout the summary of Pittsburgh-
So it was like this conventionally organized
Summary of Pittsburgh in six paragraphs.
It was as though Pittsburgh had all its shit together
in this brochure I found at this girl's house.

Matt Cook

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There are few places in Milwaukee where you can talk openly about poetry - much less your own poetry - without attracting disbelieving stares. Comet Cafe on the east side is one of those exceptions.

But even here, Matt Cook worries about how he must seem to others as he rather loudly discusses his latest poetry collection.

More here: http://www.mkeonline.com/story.asp?id=362308

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:hi:

RL

[BlueIris]

1. Niiiiice. And that's a great article about the author. nt

[lizziegrace]

2. All neat and tidy

:)

:hug:

[xchrom]

3. real poets write about pittsburgh. nt

[RetroLounge]

4. and from what I can tell, they live there too...

:hi:

RL

[XemaSab]

7. Real poets live in Fresno

:eyes:

[RetroLounge]

8. Nobody lives in Fresno

on purpose...

:shrug:

RL

[XemaSab]

9. I think it's Chuck Hanzlicek who said something to the effect of:

"Fresno is a great place for poets. There's nothing around to distract you from your writing." :P

[RetroLounge]

10. I would think the Nor Cal coast would be more inpirational

Big Sur, etc.

RL

[XemaSab]

11. Big Sur is Central California

but yeah, Robinson Jeffers really dug that area. :hi:

In Fresno you don't have all the temptation of the ocean, and the trees, and crap like that though. You just huddle in your air-conditioned house and do your thang. :P

[RetroLounge]

12. Well, as long as it's Air Conditioned...

Is Big Sur north of San Francisco? (too lazy to google...)

RL

[XemaSab]

13. Big Sur is near Monterey

it's about 2 hours south of San Francisco.

(California is like the Balkans... if you call the wrong area "northern" or "southern" California, you're taking your life into your hands. And these definitions vary by Californian, with some people putting the "Northern California" label on everything north of the Tehachapis (40 minutes outside downtown LA), and others reserving the term for everything north of the Mendocino county line (2 hours north of San Francisco), which leaves a third of the state as contested ground. Basically people in the north are good, true, virtuous folks and people in the south are water thieves and poseurs. :P )

[RetroLounge]

14. I guess that's why no good poets are in the south

:D

RL

[XemaSab]

15. You're not kidding

:P

[YankeyMCC]

5. "It was as though Pittsburgh had all its shit together"

What better complement can a city receive from a poet? ;)

what a great line

[hisownpetard]

6. Hilarious! I just went online and bought 2 of his books. Thanks for putting the spotlight

on this poet.

By the way, many thanks for your daily labor of love. I always look forward to checking out
the poetry thread, even if I don't always have time to comment.

Good job, RL!

Edited to add: Best part is the fact that he doesn't tell us a single thing about Pittsburgh.