79. REVISITED: Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed) by Frank O'Hara - A Friend to Harry
The Poetry Exchange
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The Importance of Friendship
This is the poem that I could read at any point and really just get something out of. It's been there, been friends with this poem for probably about five years or so. Do you ever say it out loud to yourself? Yeah, when I'm in the shower definitely. And also maybe if I'm putting washing out or something like that. That's the kind of space it occupies. The mundane stuff that's going on, yeah. But no, I don't quite have the discipline to sit down and write what's happening today. He says he wouldn't keep a diary because he can't do that. "I feel like I've never kept poetry," writes Frank O'
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