ABOUT ROD McKUEN

Many people think they get the "joke" of Rod McKuen. Do you? It's easy to feel superior to McKuen: schlockmeister extraordinaire... self-made poet laureate of a sanitized Haight Ashbury... author of innumerable gift poetry books that line the walls of America's Salvation Armies, their raw-nerve ball-point inscriptions a source of minor amusement to you and your post-sentimentalist pals.

Well, I've got news for you, buddy: Rod McKuen could wipe the floor with you when it comes to sardonic cultural criticism and natural cool, to say nothing of manly good looks.
- excerpt from Tiptoe thru the Beatniks by Kim Cooper from Scram Magazine - click here for full article...

For much more information on Rod McKuen, visit A Safe Place to Land, Rod's award-winning website at www.mckuen.com.