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NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library: Before You Become a Poet, Work in a Bar»
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Before he was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, John Masefield scrubbed floors in a saloon at Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue in the Village.
My guess, that’s good training to be a poet or a writer of any kind.
His birthday is today, June 1.
Here’s the first part of one of his
(Source: nypl.org)




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