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About Larry Beckett

Larry Beckett’s poetry ranges from brief lyrics and songs to blank sonnets and 100-page narrative works. Songs written with Tim Buckley have been recorded by Fairport Convention, Linda Ronstadt, Blood, Sweat & Tears, This Mortal Coil, Jeff Buckley, Chrissie Hynde, Robert Plant, Sinead O’Connor, Bryan Ferry, Alfie Boe, George Michael, and Dead Can Dance. His sonnets and madrigals center on marriage day-to-day, with music and intensity: they were published in Songs and Sonnets by Rainy Day Women Press.

Beat Poetry, a study of the poets and poetry of the fifties San Francisco renaissance, was published by Beatdom Books. His epic American Cycle includes Paul Bunyan, from Smokestack Books, Wyatt Earp, forthcoming from Alternating Current Press, and eight other books. You can find Larry at Facebook.

4 Poems by Larry Beckett

Larry Beckett

in the bois des rappes / image credit: dre

46 Kerouac’s walking in the memory snow, in a short story, over the lost diamond, dusk coming on, he’s got to hurry: after the lover’s sonnets, holy psalms; summers of indulgence, this winter … [Read more...]

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Empty Mirror

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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