Jan
14
The Associated Press, gearing up for the inauguration and Elizabeth Alexander’s performance as Poet-in-Chief, solicited a few other major American poets to write a lick or two for the incoming president. More here.
“Charles Simic, another former poet laureate, said ‘it’s impossible to say yes or no. … I can’t write to order. … When do you need it by?'”
“His good intentions didn’t bear fruit.”
Oh, Charlie.