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Patti Smith Reacts to Taylor Swift Name-Dropping Her on 'The Tortured Poets Department'

The punk rock icon is referenced alongside Welsh poet Dylan Thomas on Taylor Swift's new title track.

The 77-year-old singer-songwriter and punk rock legend offered her gratitude for the recognition by sharing photos of herself reading a copy of Thomas' collection of short stories, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, in a social media post tagging Swift. "This is saying I was moved to be mentioned in the company of the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas," she wrote, breaking the text up in the appropriately poetic form of several lines. Regarding their connection, Smith has performed a number of times at Thomas' old boathouse on Laugharne in Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom, in recent years.

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