Frank O'Hara On Film

A rare treat: Frank O'Hara reading, courtesy of the always excellent "Exit, pursued by bear"

Here is the text of "Having a Coke with You" by Frank O'Hara, with the video below. More video and lots of info on O'Hara, one of the seminal poets of the mid-20th century and still extremely influential to this day, may be found at the official website.

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Don


Today's Twitter poem ...

Diane di Prima: Lunch Poems

Courtesy of John Burroughs's Crisis Chronicles Online Library, by way of Facebook, here's one of our great contemporary poets, Diane di Prima, reading from the Lunch Poems series:

Speaking of Facebook, Lilliput Review now has a presence there and it has been a pleasant, informative, exhilarating experience. There is a lot to be learned, exchanged, and enjoyed for any poet or magazine/press. For anyone already there, stop by and give me a shout. For those who don't have an account, take a look. It's worth it.

Also, on the shiny, glittery Internet front, I'm starting a new project, since I don't have enough to do. Inspired by David Lanoue's use of his Kobayashi Issa archive on Twitter, the 140 character limit social networking cite, I'm going to start a Poem-a-Day Project, one from each Lilliput issue, backwards from #166 through at least #2. Today's "tweet" features the poem "she mentions ..." by M. Kei from issue #166.

Finally, something of an anomaly that I stumbled upon the other day: a two-line poem by Robert Frost. Enjoy.

The Secret Sits

We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.

Robert Frost

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Don