Frida Khalo told Carrie Weems that while she painted from her bed Diego scaled the scaffolding and reached the heights of the world. So much more her life emerged a woman of her times, I … [Read more...]
David Gitin: 5 From San Francisco in the Sixties
Outstretched Arms pumice the bone smooth berry juice illusion of blood to cover loss belly of the moon we penetrate what Venus do we carve?herbs and drugs do not restoreterritories of … [Read more...]
Jazz & Poetry Collaboration Workshop: Michael McClure & George Brooks
The JazzSchool of Berkeley Is Offering a Rare Workshop by GEORGE BROOKS & MICHAEL Mc CLURE Jazz & Poetry: The Craft of Collaboration SATURDAY, JULY 7th, 2012, 3:15 pm The … [Read more...]
Looking Back: A Poem by A.D. Winans
When I was 18 I was on a troop train heading for basic training when we stopped to take on water or whatever it is trains stop for and after relieving myself I came out of the men's room … [Read more...]
Where and How to Sell Your Poetry Books
So, you've self-published your book.Now what? Your book just arrived from the printer. Having them published was the easy part. Now your greatest challenge is upon you - you need to get your work out … [Read more...]
Pete Winslow, Beat/Surrealist Poet
Best known for his poetry, Pete Winslow was also a newspaper columnist, essayist & novelist. A surrealist poet, Pete was also sometimes associated with the Beat Generation. Born October 19, 1934 in … [Read more...]
A.D. Winans: Ten Poems
North Beach Yuppie Bar Hard to believe Richard Brautigan Jack Spicer and other Beats drank here As I sit and watch two business men Playing liar's dice at Gino and Carlo's Bar In the heart of … [Read more...]
A Prison Poem by Neeli Cherkovski
I wrote this for America where I wept In America where I could not sleep I wrote this in my homeland where I keep counsel with the founding fathers and the founding mothers and the dreams Chief … [Read more...]
Remembering poet Howard Hart
SOME LINES FOR YOUWRITTEN UNDER A REDWOOD IN THE CITY PARKNOT YET THREE MONTHS SINCE YOU DIED IN MY ARMSIN OUR HOME ON CHESTNUT STREET, SAN FRANCISCO Drawn to the Temple where you worshipped I slink … [Read more...]
Patriotism – a poem by Edwin Romond
"The Pentagon has acknowledged that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld did not sign condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Iraq but instead used a signature machine." --The … [Read more...]
Pete Brown, Legendary Poet and Cream Lyricist, Interviewed by Bill Ectric
On June 16 ("Bloomsday"), 1964, Pete Brown gave the first ever poetry reading at Morden Tower, now a literary landmark in Newcastle, England. The Morden Tower Readings, conceived and organized by Tom … [Read more...]
America – a poem by A.D. Winans
Drummed out of the infantry of death I came back to you carrying the Poems of my soul Opened the door of life And found only death inside America I have read the state of the union And listened … [Read more...]
A Call to Poets
Poets unite Forget about a career In poetry And concentrate on the Poem Quit turning out Factory assembly Line poems Quit trying to imitate Bukowski. Poets unite Listen to your … [Read more...]
OP_OETICS and digital art by Hammond Guthrie
Tide and Time Again... ...the length and width of the attention spanis being tested, strained, and manipulatedfrom the highest denominations of power, preemptively initiating an undeniable … [Read more...]
17 Syllables: The Death of Traditional Haiku
Recently, I came across a poetry site touting the virtues of the winning work of a Haiku contest. The "Haiku" in question was an ode to the writer's car. Something small but vitally important died … [Read more...]
In Memory of Poet Alan Ansen: Biography, Books & Links
Alan Ansen passed away in Athens, Grece on November 12, 2006. A poet, playwright, and author, he was associated with both the Beat Generation & New York poets. Ansen served as secretary to W.H. … [Read more...]
Book Review – Who was Sinclair Beiles?
Who was Sinclair Beiles? / Gary Cummiskey & Eva Kowalska, editors / Dye Hard Press / 2009 / 978-0-620-42792-0 Before I opened Dye Hard Press' new volume, its title, Who was Sinclair Beiles? was a … [Read more...]
In Memoriam: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008
THE ARTIST for Bruce Conner THE ARTIST has faces that are nude ladies and feathers. Women pose in the visage of the whirlpool raising bare arms and arching bare thighs. Tentacles of … [Read more...]