Sharon Olds is a beast

I went to elementary school with her son Gabey. At the time, of course, I had no idea that his mother had written a poem called "The Pope's Penis," but he was a pretty cool guy and I think has been a somewhat sucessful actor.

But if you are looking for good poetry, look no further. I'm not really a poetry person and I love her stuff. More to the point, however, she was invited by Laura Bush to do some readign and be in some White House thing and she said Hell No and proceeded to deliver a public smackdown.

Beautiful.