Dorothy parker

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I just read a bunch of quotes from her, someone calling her the sharpest tongue in New York and the wittiest American poet, have you read her poetry?  Any thoughts?

I have not read her poetry because until this post, I didn't know she had written poetry.  But I love her quotes.



Whenever there would be a knock on the door of her New York apartment, she would say: "What fresh Hell is this?", a quote I use frquently.



Thanks for the tip.  I'm going to look up her poems.

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At least her first book of poems is in public domain and can be found at poets.org.  Here's one I really liked call Resume (e.g. Re-zu-may, don't know how to add the accents)

Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.