To the poets
Nice chat with itinerant poet, Ray McNeice, who’s been doing poetry tours with Yevtushenko and Ferlinghetti in Russia and Italy. In Russia, poets share the social stature of other paparazzi. Not that poetry requires it, but wouldn’t it be interesting if American culture has the same esteem for poets and poetry. Why shouldn’t language be given at least as much buzz as cosmetics, cars, pharmaceuticals, and wrestling?
