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The Sunday Poem is published weekly, and strives to include the poet reading their work.
Kristofer Collins reads his poem at its conclusion.
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photo via the Attic Record Store
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Down in The Attic
I go to the basement for the splendor
of bare dirt floor finally someone has
made order of the mess and I don’t believe
I prefer it here I can be alone with thousands
of voices all still in the groove creeping mildew
heaven to touch a stray Messiaen misfiled
Nat Cole natty and debonair but not nearly
so cocksure as the Sinatra pile and cool cool
Crosby and Doris Day by Night by day
the whole spot crooning at pitch wobbly
dish warped inevitable hey Fred why don’t you
bury me here under your floorboards among
the innumerable black stones no eulogies please
just play that damn good music yeah!
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Listen to Kristofer Collins read his poem
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Kristofer Collins is a writer living in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the Books Editor for Pittsburgh Magazine and co-curates the long-running Hemingway’s Summer Poetry Series with Joan Bauer.
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Listen to the 1958 recording of Doris Day performing Cole Porter’s composition “Night and Day” [Columbia]
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