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I still love his poems and reading them to the kids...when they listen. lol
posted by
shelly_b
on May 10, 2007 at 8:07 PM
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No problem, Ms. M. Thank you very much for correcting me. I read that online, which obviously accounts for the misinformation. How sad that they both died.
I wish I could have met Shel. He seems like he was a lovely man. At least he's with his children now...
Thank you again for correcting me, and also for stopping by.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on May 9, 2007 at 2:25 PM
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Um, not to correct you but he had two children, actually.
He rarely discussed them because both died so young (at the ages of 5 and 11 years old).
Meanwhile, in regards to his loneliness, he wrote:
"When I was a kid—12, 14, around there—I would much rather have been a good baseball player or a hit with the girls. But I couldn't play ball, I couldn't dance. Luckily, the girls didn't want me; not much I could do about that. So, I started to draw and to write. I was also lucky that I didn't have anybody to copy, be impressed by. I had developed my own style, I was creating before I knew there was a Thurber, a Benchley, a Price and a Steinberg. I never saw their work till I was around 30. By the time I got to where I was attracting girls, I was already into work, and it was more important to me. Not that I wouldn't rather make love, but the work has become a habit."
posted by
Mademoiselle
on May 9, 2007 at 2:02 PM
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Thanks for sharing all that worthy information about SHEL.
posted by
afzal50
on May 9, 2007 at 11:28 AM
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Thanks for sharing all that worthy information about SHEL.
posted by
afzal50
on May 9, 2007 at 11:28 AM
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