Friday, May 25, 2012

Beer bard back with 'Light or Dark' at McSorley's


The Daily News has a feature today on Geoffrey Bartholomew, the poet bartender at McSorley's since 1972.

Bartholomew, who took writing classes at City College where his teachers included Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller, just published his second collection of poems, titled "Light or Dark."

Here's a sampling via the News:

from “Restaurant Inspection”

They come in all shapes & sizes

both guys and gals

thermometers and test strips

eyeballing it all

protecting your health

The violation reads:

I did see 9/10 live flies

Well, effing bully for you

but at $100 a fly

that’s an even grand

On Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Bartholomew and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Franz Wright will be give a reading at McSorley's.

You can find the McSorley's Poems website here.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 25, 2012 at 8:50 PM

    are you kidding me? that's "poetry?" give me a break. hope he is not getting paid for that. evgrieve followers have written better stuff. i am laughing.

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  2. DrGeckoMay 26, 2012 at 10:19 AM

    Getting paid for poetry: a concept

    Strange and interesting to me, perhaps

    You could explain a little more - do you

    Refer to real money or just small change?

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