Weldon Kees

Harry Weldon Kees (February 24, 1914 – July 18, 1955) was an American poet, painter, literary critic, novelist, playwright, jazz pianist, short story writer, and filmmaker.

Quotes

• A good night for the fireplace to be
  crackling with flames - or so he figured,
  Crumpling the papers he could only see
  As testimonials to long plateaus of emptiness.
  • The Heat in the Room (Jarkko Laine: Amerikan Cowboy. Helsinki: Otava, 1981. ISBN 951-1-06597-1