And on a non-gay cooties note, I went to the Dodge Poetry Festival today. [View All]

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

First, I met up with my former HS teacher, now friend, to whom I will forever be indebted and then we went to a reading by Lucille Clifton. Clifton's rantings about Britney Spears and Flava Flav made her 100x cooler in my mind (and she was already pretty damn cool to me). Then, Mark Doty, whom I absolutely adore, gave a reading. I had to leave that early because my blood sugar was dropping, so I went in search of food. I found pizza and some more friends, plus another former HS English teacher of mine. Finally, I finished off the day by going to "Conversations: Going public with private feelings" led by Lucille Clifton, Toi Derricote, Mark Doty and Linda Gregg. I had never heard of Toi Derricote before, but she was fucking awesome, so I'll need to be checking out more of her stuff. Lucille Clifton once again proved her coolness by responding to an audience member's statement that "we are angry at Bush because we do not understand him" by stating, "No, I precise reason I am angry at Bush is because I understand him and I understand what he is doing."

Then, I went home because I was supposed to have a family dinner and that's already been covered in another thread.

I'll be going back on Sunday, because I need to hear Gerald Stern and Anne Waldman read. I also intend to track down Peter Murphy, so he can sign my book.

Yup. I am a geek. I admit it. Poets get me excited. I am a poet groupie.