yesterday i blogged about coincidences involved with my encounter with the poet ted berrigan and around a dedication of a recent poem of mine to the poet mark jarman. what i did not say about the encounter with berrigan at the poetry project at saint mark's in new york was that the featured poet that night was, if i remember correctly, michael hamburger, reading from some of his german translations. today a poem translated by hamburger popped up in much the same channels as the jarman poem. i know that must seem pretty insignificant, but not perhaps if you consider that when i got home tonight to the retirement center, our evening meal, for the first time in the three plus months that i have been here, was a substantial hamburger which i thoroughly enjoyed.
as the french socialist said after nationalzing the banking system, "excuse me. i'm enjoying a 'rothschild'.
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