I'm almost positive it's from that time. Didn't you try to turn me on to poetry?
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Definitely! (That poem ended up in Gettysburg Review.)
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Which poem? This one? Who wrote it?
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It’s mine.
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Yay! I'll post it tomorrow!
And thank you so much. 20-whatever years ago, I had no clue about much and you were patient enough to teach me!
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I’m pretty sure I learned more from you—about writing and about people.
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Maybe you can help again. You showed me Merrill's masterful "Charles on Fire" but you also had me read another poem about a man whose elderly father gets mugged. It's very angry, and ends with the poet wishing to get the mugger into a room to beat him up. Do you recognize it?
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I believe that's a Charles Harper Webb poem called "Prayer for the Man Who Mugged My Father, 72."
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Sounds like it. Your offerings had quite an impact!
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But I'm unfamiliar with the Merrill poem--I wonder if I'm conflating conversations. Who knows? Still, it was a pleasure to meet you there.
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