Garrett Montoya, right, listens as his boyfriend Jayson Crane, center, reads a poem just written by poet Willliam Curtis, seated left, at Curtis' sidewalk Poem Shop in New York, Friday Sept. 28, 2007. Propping a manual typewriter outside a downtown Manhattan supermarket, Curtis forges poems on the spot from bystanders' requests, sentiments, dares. This he does for the creative challenge of it, plus donations. Crane had asked Curtis to write a poem about Montoya. AP Photo logo AP Photo 26 months ago

Garrett Montoya, right, listens as his boyfriend Jayson Crane, center, reads a poem just written by poet Willliam Curtis, seated left, at Curtis' sidewalk Poem Shop in New York, Friday Sept. 28, 2007. Propping a manual typewriter outside a downtown Manhattan supermarket, Curtis forges poems on the spot from bystanders' requests, sentiments, dares. This he does for the creative challenge of it, plus donations. Crane had asked Curtis to write a poem about Montoya.

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