http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/ohara/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:48:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/ohara/#comment-133 Jeffrey Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:25:43 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=94#comment-133 Hi Donald, I've read a little of Weldon Kees. His story and disappearance certainly is a fascinating one. I haven't read Kenneth Fearing. Thanks for the tip. Hi Lisa, You may be write about that, but with O'Hara he writes about pop culture in such a talky voice. I wonder who his precursors for that were. I'd also be interested in hearing the names of a few poets who blatantly wrote about pop culture before say 1940. Donald mentioned Kees and Fearing. Are there others? Maybe Catullus. Hi Donald,
I’ve read a little of Weldon Kees. His story and disappearance certainly is a fascinating one. I haven’t read Kenneth Fearing. Thanks for the tip.
Hi Lisa,
You may be write about that, but with O’Hara he writes about pop culture in such a talky voice. I wonder who his precursors for that were.
I’d also be interested in hearing the names of a few poets who blatantly wrote about pop culture before say 1940. Donald mentioned Kees and Fearing. Are there others?
Maybe Catullus.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/ohara/#comment-132 Lisa Hunter Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:59:16 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=94#comment-132 I think writers have long used popular culture references, but since it's not OUR pop culture, the once-popular references are now footnote annotations. I think writers have long used popular culture references, but since it’s not OUR pop culture, the once-popular references are now footnote annotations.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2007/04/ohara/#comment-131 Donald Illich Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:47:25 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=94#comment-131 I think Kenneth Fearing was a forerunner of poetry's interest in media, movies, etc. He's very good, almost rock and roll in some places, kind of noir-ish. Also, there is Weldon Kees, who is very depressing but also engages pop culture, like movies, in his work. I think Kenneth Fearing was a forerunner of poetry’s interest in media, movies, etc. He’s very good, almost rock and roll in some places, kind of noir-ish. Also, there is Weldon Kees, who is very depressing but also engages pop culture, like movies, in his work.

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