Rod McKuen - Flight Plan


SUNDAY		Rod & Kubby. Photo by Bob Gentry, ©2002 by Stanyan Entertainment Group. A Thought for Today We have a special name for those people who agree with us. We call them geniuses. GOOD MORNING It’s great to be home. Join me tomorrow when I’ll publish a new poem written last week, announce several new appearances and most importantly of all– for the sake of my own sanity– start catching up on recent mail. But, for now, here’s a Flight from the Past. RM 11/23/2002 3:12 AM PST FLIGHTS FROM6THE PAST 27 November 1998 TODAY'S FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE SOUTHWEST Turn left at Phoenix till you come to the fork in the road, make a hard right (as the crow flies). Go about 400 miles give or take a hundred miles until you see the windmill. Over the next hill there’s an old farm house, pass it till you come to a grove of elm trees . . .head right for about 40 acres past an open field and you’ll spot a dirt road. Good place to get out of the vehicle and relieve yourself behind the Oak tree. Head east for about 40 miles and you’ll find you are there. Don’t forget to send a postcard. For the Northeast it’s somewhat the same as above but like Ginger Rodgers, you do it backwards and in heels. - RM 11/21/98 Click on the heart logo to buy Rod McKuen books, CD's and lots more Click on the Stanyan House logo to subscribe to the McKuen Mailing List Catch Rod McKuen live! Click on the link below for details. ROD McKUEN CONCERTS & APPEARANCES



		William F. Buckley, Jr. o Dale Carnegie o Billy Connolly o Helga Sandburg Crile o Denise Crosby o Howard Duff o Dan Falzon o Geraldine Fitzgerald o Katherine Heigl o Scott Joplin o Garson Kanin o John Lindsay o Bat Masterson o Cathleen Nesbitt o Baruch Spinoza o Zachary Taylor o Toulouse-Lautrec o Teddy Wilson o Steve Yaeger

		Genius is the ability to distill. Genius recognizes the need before there is one. Genius is the wave above the water.

TWO POEMS FROM IN SOMEONE'S SHADOW		A Message from the Front I don’t think we can hold the chemistry lab much longer we’re running out of Dixie cups and Baby Ruth’s. We’d better call up Colonel Sanders for reinforcements. How do you spell Minnie Pearl ? We can’t get channel four.. What the fuck do they expect from us, Ralph Williams sells the same cars every hour. Tomorrow when we give the dean his bloody nose our reputations for this year will finally be secure. But tonight, because of our commitments, we missed Beach Blanket Bingo on the Late Show. War is hell. A Word from the Sponsor How tall we are. We’ve learned so much. Everything, it seems, but how to stay in touch. - from "In Someone’s Shadow", 1969

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