Vachel Lindsay

Sara Teasdale was a much better poet than Vachel Lindsay was, and he recognized that, and he fell in love with her and chanted his poems to her and beat his drum for her, and later he dedicated a book to her.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

And when Vachel Lindsay died Sara Teasdale was heartsick, and she drugged herself one night in the bathtub.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

Vachel Lindsay used it: “Where is McKinley, that respectable McKinley”—hear the sixteenth notes in “respectable McKinley”?

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

People like Ezra Pound—who was even crazier than Vachel Lindsay was, and who also, by the way, beat a drum sometimes when he gave readings—were laughing at him.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

After drinking poison, Vachel Lindsay staggered up the basement stairs.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

And when Vachel Lindsay died Sara Teasdale was heartsick, and she drugged herself one night in the bathtub.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

People like Ezra Pound—who was even crazier than Vachel Lindsay was, and who also, by the way, beat a drum sometimes when he gave readings—were laughing at him.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

Ms. SMITH: Well, I mean, when I was younger, I loved all kinds of poets, but a performance-style of poetry, it was a combination of Gregory Corso, Vachel Lindsay, Walt Whitman, very - Oscar Brown, Jr.

Rocker Patti Smith, 'Dream Of Life' 2009

Sara Teasdale was a much better poet than Vachel Lindsay was, and he recognized that, and he fell in love with her and chanted his poems to her and beat his drum for her, and later he dedicated a book to her.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

Vachel Lindsay died on the stairs, too, more or less.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009