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Tearing my attention away from O'Hara for a moment, to his NY School cohort Kenneth Koch. I can't believe I haven't read more of him before, this one's fabulous.
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What was New York School but a publicity ploy concocted in 1961 by John Myers, the New York gallery director: the branding already existing for a group of painters, it was simple enough to share it with another coterie product.

And here is a link to the most excellent poem
http://www.bookofjoe.com/2006/01/one_train_may_h.html
Posted by: Leslie Brown | 07/07/2007 at 08:00 PM
Jen--
You might enjoy the work of Pelle Cass, whom I have shown at the PRC.
Here is his version of "One Train.." by Kenneth Koch:
http://www.pellecass.com/templates/content.php?bg=contentpadleft=20padtop=20align=leftpwidth=680hwidth=720irow=3gallery=0000006323set=1imageid=00048001
To see more "poems," see his main website, http://www.pellecass.com/, click on photographs and then poens.
Hope you are well! Leslie
Posted by: Leslie Brown | 07/07/2007 at 08:00 PM
Oops, that squirrelly comma got in the way
Try http://www.pellecass.com/
Posted by: Leslie Brown | 07/07/2007 at 08:00 PM