Inside Idaho - by Charles Potts

The beautiful red cover features a photograph CP took of Leatherman Pass in 2005 from high in the west fork of the Pahsimeroi River in Idaho on his way back down from climbing Leatherman Peak.

Landmark Shattuck Cinema

FRIDAY, September 25, 2009
8:40pm – "Curses and Sermons" — An acid cowboy flick by London director Nic Saunders, based on Michael McClure's poem about Jean Harlow and Billy the Kid, starring Philip Bulcock and Kasia Halpin.

SATURDAY, September 26, 2009
8:00pm - "Cracked Goddess" — A lyrical trip among the sculptures of Amy Evans McClure with a poem by Michael McClure and music by Terry Riley. Directed by Colin Still / Optic Nerve, London

Hope to see you there. The director of Curses and Sermons is flying in from London for this screening.

Singer-songwriter juliekayclark is about to embark upon a 2-month tour of the Midwest, and New England.

She'll be performing songs from her 4 albums: Fly Free; People Are Like Dogs; Takes Alot of Tears, and The Heart Needs a Home.

Please visit www.juliekayclark.com for the complete concert schedule.

Friends, Music/Art/Poet Lovers, Benign Crazies & Cogent Iconoclasts - You are respectfully & intimately invited to:

THE FOLKIN BLUES FESTIVAL
Sunday, September 20, 2009

With Mark O'Harps, Chie Preagus, Rainbow, Shelby from New Orleans, Marco, Jerry Ferraz, Phil Deal, Jack Foley, Laura Patnode, Jerry Green & other eximious musicians.

A benefit for Humanist Hall, this event takes place on Sunday, September 20, from 5-10pm, at 390 27th Street (Near Broadway) in Oakland, California.

These poets will (time permitting) jam with the musicians: Randy Fingland, Ivan Arguelles, Geoffrey Cook, John Curl, Sharon Skolnick-Bagnoli, Felix Morton, Sterling Bunnell, John Pray, Jesse Beagle, Bob Dewhurst, Margaret Irving, Amaran Tarnoff, Floyd Salas, Joan St. Clair, Adele Foley, Marsha Campbell, H.D. Moe, Clair & Richard Di Grazia.

A $7 - $10 donation is requested. Bring your friends and festive, healthy food to share.

Please contact Mark at (415) 368-2813 or Moe at (510) 528 8713 for further info.

What the Master Does Not Speak Of —
Poems and Drawings by Jeremy Gaulke

Few poets of any age focus on their subject matter as intently as Jeremy Gaulke. Subject matter as fuel that is consumed in the propulsion phase of the art leaves little residue. So it is with the poems in What the Master Does Not Speak Of, the long awaited author's second book, and only by the widest stretch, a sequel to his earlier acclaimed The Ghost of Harrison Sheets. What is consistent in the development of his art is Gaulke's eschewing any need to rehash material already developed, rendered, and passed beyond. In one way it resembles jazz beyond the noodle, when the musician/poet hits the incipient stride inherent in the improv and creates a passage or passages unrepeatable. Little need to copyright this; no one could repeat it anyway.

And that is the beauty of the creative act, the originality in both rooting out the uncomfortable subjects and handling them as if they could be radioactive, and leaving something durable in their place. Between these books, Jeremy Gaulke also published a remarkable broadside, “In the Garden” which shows a more domestic side, a would-be family man, on his hands and knees in the good earth. What the Master Does Not Speak Of can hardly be described as “domestic” poetry, other than the fact that it takes place on the planet earth, in that strange hardly-anyman's-land between adolescence and adulthood. Gaulke navigates it as if he were going somewhere. When you take this recommended trip with him, be open to the change(s) that can come over you.

TRIBUTE SHOW to DAVID BROMIGE

Katherine Hastings presents a one-hour tribute to the late poet David Bromige.

The author of dozens of books and the recipient of many literary honors, David Bromige was also a former Poet Laureate of Sonoma County, a professor at Sonoma State University, and a mentor to many. His experimental style and sharp wit translated to a large collection of work so varied that the poems could easily be mistaken as the work of many. Born in London in 1933, Bromige died in Sebastopol in June of this year.

Participating in this program will be his wife, Cecelia Belle, their daughter, Margaret, and others. Recordings of Bromige reading his work will also be featured.

To listen to the program:

1. Tune in to KRCB 91.1 FM
2. Stream live at www.krcb.org
3. iTunes: Go to Radio/Public/KRCB
4. Comcast Cable TV, Santa Rosa, Channel 961

HEARTH: New & Selected Poems
By Simon Pettet

"The complete works — so far — of contemporary American and British poetry's most meticulous craftsperson. We dig the purity, dogged love, and artistic devotion of this rare personage. A highly recommended volume." —Alice Notley

"In these mostly unabashedly lyrical poems Simon Pettet flaunts his proud independence of current poetic fashions, like a dragonfly shimmering and hovering." —Gerrit Lansing

"'Heart' and 'Earth,' the obvious scenery as Simon's I-liner trips us through the decades, sometimes blind-embossing a snapshot, sometimes looking at himself observing it, sometimes spattering it.with apposite allusion. Take the ride and enjoy the scene." —Tom Raworth

"The poems of Simon Pettet are placed on continual high alert in a rush of subtle coloring. The shadings match those of affectionate curiosity and cut-through street wisdom. Pettet sees through the moment to the words that restore the moment's contours." —Bill Berkson

"I highly recommend Simon Pettet's new collected, Hearth.His poetry is always insightful, ardent, playful, right on the spot, and ahead of the current." —Joanne Kyger

Simon Pettet's many books include his Selected Poems and More Winnowed Fragments, both published by Talisman. He edited The Selected Art Writings of James Schuyler and collaborated with Duncan Hannah on Abundant Treasures and with Rudy Burckhardt on Conversations About Everything and Talking Pictures. British by birth, he lives in New York City.

Hearth is distributed by Small Press Distribution and Greenfield Distribution, Inc.

Hearth may also be purchased online at Amazon.com.