the first poem of the 20th centuryFrom the poem "November 23," in The Daily Mirror.
in which bad sex is a metaphor
for the failure of civilization
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
David Lehman on The Waste Land
- Michael Leddy
- “Orange Crate Art” is a song by Van Dyke Parks and the title of a 1995 album by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson. It is, to my mind, one of the great American songs: “Orange crate art was a place to start.” Comments are welcome, appended to posts or by
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