Q: xxRodak—are you able to alchemically meld your current enthusiasm for poetry with your stated intention of posting images from your collection of vintage baseball pix?
A: xxFuck, yeah! As Latka might have said on Taxi, back in the day, “It’s a piece of pie!"
Latka
Here, from Donald Hall’s excellent book on famous poets, Their Ancient Glittering Eyes, is an excerpt of his interview with famous Modernist poet, Marianne Moore:
Here, from Donald Hall’s excellent book on famous poets, Their Ancient Glittering Eyes, is an excerpt of his interview with famous Modernist poet, Marianne Moore:
Marianne Moore
Interviewer: I know you have a number of diverse fascinations. Have you been going to baseball games at all lately?
Miss Moore: No, a Mets and Pirates game in the spring of 1964 is the last thing I saw. Oh, yes, on television I saw Warren Spahn. It’s wonderful what confidence he inspires. And he’s not just a child, either.
Interviewer: I know you have a number of diverse fascinations. Have you been going to baseball games at all lately?
Miss Moore: No, a Mets and Pirates game in the spring of 1964 is the last thing I saw. Oh, yes, on television I saw Warren Spahn. It’s wonderful what confidence he inspires. And he’s not just a child, either.
Warren Spahn
Interviewer: He’s forty-three years old.
Miss Moore: Yes. And I was delighted when the Cardinals won the World Series, because of Ken Boyer. He has shown great fortitude, I think. He had only dreamed of playing in the World Series, let alone hoped to win. I thought that rather touching. Cletis and he ought to be on the same team.
Interviewer: He’s forty-three years old.
Miss Moore: Yes. And I was delighted when the Cardinals won the World Series, because of Ken Boyer. He has shown great fortitude, I think. He had only dreamed of playing in the World Series, let alone hoped to win. I thought that rather touching. Cletis and he ought to be on the same team.
So, how’m I doin’? To close the circle, here is Marianne Moore, writing poetry about baseball.
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