Friday, December 26, 2008

Obama Inauguration -- at the juncture of poetry and politics -- from the New York Times --

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/books/25poet.html?hp

Poet commissioned to write and read poem at Inauguration is a fine poet -- you can see this from her "sample poems."

I am writing, and have written, (prose) for hire, and have so far been "commissioned"(verbally) to write two wedding poems, that the bridal couples liked a lot, and a play.
Subject was not specified. The commissioning theater director liked my poetry.

For the play commission, I was taken to an upscale restaurant in Philadelphia located in a bank vault. Was a lot of fun.

Kyi May Kaung.

I don't own a car, never did in America, used to use public transport a lot,

now don't. I feel I am doing fine--but need to get some kind of writing or research job. There are a lot of high-level jobs for peopl...