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Paul Muldoon Doesn't Mind Being Called a Difficult Poet

Nine is the ideal age to write a poem. You don't know what you're doing.
The New York Times profiles Paul Muldoon. Some poems are over at Ploughshares.

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ah, paul muldoon.



"You are a superstar!"



"Thank you."



"No problem. Have some wine."

Yes, he's very impressive in person. I've seen him at readings, sitting in the back of the room, but always one of the first to ask a question or engage the author in a short debate. Definitely not a low-profile character.

there's this poem, and I can't remember the name.



but the first letter in each line spells something.



and you don't realize it until you get to the way he names a particular bird, and the name of the bird is the way you read the first letter of each line.



tee hee.

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