Comments on: In circulars http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/in-circulars/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ismael http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/in-circulars/#comment-26322 Ismael Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:11:18 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6314#comment-26322 "You asked how old I was? I made no verse-but one or two-until this winter-Sir-" “You asked how old I was? I made no verse-but one or two-until this winter-Sir-”
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]]> By: john http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/11/in-circulars/#comment-26314 john Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:04:10 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=6314#comment-26314 As a 19-year-old college student I was one of the people who dropped by your apartment, and remember meeting you and your brother. Your mother had given a week-long seminar in Ann Arbor, arranged by my teacher, Ken Mikolowski. Your mother invited me to drop by and say hello to her and Ted if I were ever in New York. That "spring" break, February '83, I went to NYU to see a friend. My friend and I dropped by. Your dad was in bed and talkative and witty, and both of your parents were incredibly gracious and kind. Your dad signed my copy of "So Going Around Cities," incorporating bits of our conversation into the inscription in a delightful poem-performance, completely in his style. When I got "Nice to See You," the virtual absence of your mother and brother and you from the book struck me as odd. I always wondered whether that might have been because your mother wanted it that way, or because the editors did. I've always been grateful for your parents' generosity of spirit. The man you describe as being absent from "Nice to See You" sounds exactly like the man I very briefly met. As a 19-year-old college student I was one of the people who dropped by your apartment, and remember meeting you and your brother. Your mother had given a week-long seminar in Ann Arbor, arranged by my teacher, Ken Mikolowski. Your mother invited me to drop by and say hello to her and Ted if I were ever in New York. That “spring” break, February ’83, I went to NYU to see a friend. My friend and I dropped by. Your dad was in bed and talkative and witty, and both of your parents were incredibly gracious and kind. Your dad signed my copy of “So Going Around Cities,” incorporating bits of our conversation into the inscription in a delightful poem-performance, completely in his style.

When I got “Nice to See You,” the virtual absence of your mother and brother and you from the book struck me as odd. I always wondered whether that might have been because your mother wanted it that way, or because the editors did.

I’ve always been grateful for your parents’ generosity of spirit. The man you describe as being absent from “Nice to See You” sounds exactly like the man I very briefly met.
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