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John Thomas Idlet

Born

in Baltimore

December 31, 1930

Died

March 29, 2002

Website

http://www.virtualvenice.info/poets/myphilomene...

Genre

Art, Nonfiction, Poetry

Influences

Ezra Pound, Li Po, Ludwig Wittgenstein ...more

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John Thomas Idlet was born in Baltimore in 1930, the son of a teacher and First world war veteran who claimed to have invented the "double header" ice-cream cone. His father later committed suicide. Thomas attended Loyola College and described being "poisoned by Thomas Wolfe at an early age". After school, he considered entering the priesthood, but instead served in the Air Force during the Korean War, working as cryptographer due to his very high IQ. He was a huge man; 6 feet and 4 inches tall, and 300 pounds, the writer John Arthur Maynard described him "a cut-down version of Paul Bunyan – huge bones, huge ribcage, menacing brow, and beard". After his discharge in 1954, he married, had children and worked as a taxi driver, psychiatric ord ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 21 ratings · 3 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Bukowski In The Bathtub: Recollections Of Charles Bukowski With John Thomas by Charles Bukowski, Philomene Long (editor, author), John Thomas Idlet 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Six Poets by John Thomas Idlet, Ann Menebroker, Ron Koertge 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epopoeia And the Decay of Satire liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1975 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by John Thomas Idlet (?)

“getting old means getting lucky sometimes
means sometimes you learn
& along with other sweeter acquisitions
you learn that nine
tenths of what goes down is
bullshit
that there's just no way to be with people & not
smear yr tongue with bullshit lies
that it doesn't help to fuck with people & anyway
once you know how it's no fun any more”
― John Thomas Idlet (John Thomas), Epopoeia And the Decay of Satire

tags: bullshit, fuck, getting-old, luck, lucky, sex

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“I think maybe today a poem I hope
after breakfast I start trying
pulling it out of my own gut
mostly by force”
― John Thomas Idlet (John Thomas), Epopoeia And the Decay of Satire

tags: breakfast, poem, writing

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“if you want to know whats really going on in the world note carefully what is never mentioned in the newspapers meaning of course that is he meant international money swindles & deals between jewish gold merchants & cabinet ministers”
― John Thomas Idlet (John Thomas), Epopoeia And the Decay of Satire

tags: news, what-s-going-on-in-the-world

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