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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (217927)	10/5/2011 11:25:56 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 361373

The movie, P andemonium ... totalfilm.com ... describes very well the condition of Coleridge when he originated Kubla Khan. The poem's very existance itself was rumored as the poem never publicly was presented; and other poets wanted dearly to pay top dollar in order to get it published. But Cooleridge kept his Kubla Khan close to his vest, rarely showing anyone. However, one who was to see, know and feel it was Wordsworth's sister, Dorothy. She adored it so much she memorized it. Cantankerous, frustrated -- dreamy, or not -- Coleridge never published Kubla Khan. As I recall, it became publicly known only after he died, this due to the photographic memory of Wordworth's sister. Whether Kubla Khan or any of his poems, the rumor of the time regarding the condition of Coleridge was well placed ... and quite applicable to many peer poets of his time. I forget, did they put a prohibition on poetry? Oh, opium! I offer lyrics from a song I wrote (In the World): "why all the generals are they in the park ... have the poets missed their mark ... young soldiers lying dead ... and the poetry unread!"