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About Jim Bennett

Jim Bennett has written 74 books and numerous chapbooks and pamphlets in a 48-year career as a poet. Jim lives near Liverpool in the UK and tours giving readings of his work throughout the year. He is widely published and has won many competitions and awards for poetry and performance. He runs Poetry Kit, one of the world’s most successful internet sites for poets. one of the world’s most successful internet sites for poets.

Allen Ginsberg’s Typewriter and 2 more poems by Jim Bennett

Jim Bennett

olivetti

Allen Ginsberg's typewriter I bought Allen Ginsberg's portable Olivetti typewriter from a pawnshop in Liverpool where he had left it on an Autumn day in 1965 (I had to pay a bit extra for … [Read more...]

Ginsberg and Lowell

Jim Bennett

Allen Ginsberg by Larry Keenan. Robert Lowell by Elsa Dorfman. Both copyright by their respective creators

the alignment of planets parents and the cost of going ensured that I missed the Albert Hall in 1965 it was just an early disappointment and not outstanding because over years it joined … [Read more...]

3 poems by Jim Bennett

Jim Bennett

Salish Sea freighter / credit: de

scenes 1   this poem is a movie man walking Dale Street in Liverpool three girls pass and turn their heads like they recognise him walk away giggling   looking back   one with hand over mouth … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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