In his poem “Driveway,” Ron Padgett wrestles with the city in his skin – Tulsa. Padgett was born in Tulsa in 1942 and began writing at the age of 13. In high school, Padgett was one of the founders of the literary magazine, The White Dove Review, which published works by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Robert Creeley, among others. In 1960, he moved to New York City to attend Columbia University. In this segment, we had people on the street read “Driveway.” The poem’s imagery and reflective tone succeeds at crawling under the skin of even the most adamant poetry detesters. Be sure to check out Ron Padgett reading his own work.
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