O, this is no medicine to
drive away fear or ennui my cat
you have typhus and must die!
You are not just guilty of the castle rats' deaths
but you ate them afterwards my sick one.
O'Hara's lines are similar to a bawdy poem Montgomery himself wrote, about a cat. It might have been Julia. Here is an excerpt from Montgomery's poem, published in Moonblood: Poems (1967)
...
Cat, you said you ate at Pound's nuts
...
Oh cat, you are six nights nuts in an Oriental Orgy!!
Oh cat, you are six nights nuts in an Oriental Orgy!!
Presumably those were happier days for Julia. Not that I know, I have to leave some puzzles for future scholars.
George Montgomery was an museum curator as well as poet. According to the title of his New York Times obituary, he was a "Poet, Photographer And Curator," who died at the age of 73. Montgomery, according to the obit was
"A witty, vividly perceptive poet...," Mr. Montgomery collaborated with Mr. Wagoner,[his partner] a choreographer and performer, on many of his dances, sometimes performing with Mr. Wagoner's company as a narrator. ....
Born in Berlin, Conn., Mr. Montgomery entered Harvard University at 15 and graduated, after service in the Coast Guard, with a degree in philosophy....
...[H]is [photographic] work was exhibited in Boston galleries. He also designed posters for Paul Taylor and his dance company.
He worked with the Poet's Theater in New York City in the mid-1950's and acted in several productions at the theater, among them Frank O'Hara's ''Change Your Bedding'' and John Ashbery's ''Compromise.'' He was an active member of the group of Abstract Expressionist artists, writers and film makers who met regularly at the Cedar Tavern in Greenwich Village.
An authority on early American art and antiques, Mr. Montgomery was a director of the Museum of American Folk Art and the Asia House Gallery and a curator for the Museum of Modern Art. ....
There are many people of the same name in history. Little though, has been written about our George Montgomery, and so I thought the detail warranted.
George Montgomery was an museum curator as well as poet. According to the title of his New York Times obituary, he was a "Poet, Photographer And Curator," who died at the age of 73. Montgomery, according to the obit was
"A witty, vividly perceptive poet...," Mr. Montgomery collaborated with Mr. Wagoner,[his partner] a choreographer and performer, on many of his dances, sometimes performing with Mr. Wagoner's company as a narrator. ....
Born in Berlin, Conn., Mr. Montgomery entered Harvard University at 15 and graduated, after service in the Coast Guard, with a degree in philosophy....
...[H]is [photographic] work was exhibited in Boston galleries. He also designed posters for Paul Taylor and his dance company.
He worked with the Poet's Theater in New York City in the mid-1950's and acted in several productions at the theater, among them Frank O'Hara's ''Change Your Bedding'' and John Ashbery's ''Compromise.'' He was an active member of the group of Abstract Expressionist artists, writers and film makers who met regularly at the Cedar Tavern in Greenwich Village.
An authority on early American art and antiques, Mr. Montgomery was a director of the Museum of American Folk Art and the Asia House Gallery and a curator for the Museum of Modern Art. ....
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