Accompanying a poetry reading

Diane Wild (dwild@slonet.org)
Mon, 15 Jan 1996 17:34:24 -0800 (PST)

I have been asked to "accompany" or lay being a woman reading her own
poetry. Any suggestions? How do I keep the meter of the music I play
from interfering with the meter of her poetry... do I have to know how to
improvise? Any of you done this sort of thing successfully? What did
you do?

Hoping for a quick response,
Thanks,
Diane Wild