Radical Presence
The following passages are from an interview with U.S. poet Anne Waldman, co-founder of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics… Poetry needs the breath. It needs the voice. It needs the body. It needs…
Month: December 2013
Alive beyond Alive
My friend Loyola works at Mount Saint Joseph (she’s chair of the Art Department) and knew Pete Mosher. We reminisced last night and today before Pete’s funeral. Cab picked me up at Lo’s this morning…
Sometimes and Other Times
Sometimes You have such lucidity that people are jaw-dropped in awe Other times Even with 20/20 you can’t see what’s in front of you Sometimes You’re the strongest person, everybody’s Rock of Gibraltar Other times…
Obituaries
There are two kinds Of obituaries The one you write For the light of day And public consumption And The one you write From the deepest night And private obsession
The Dissidents Had Time for Tennis
Allen Ginsberg once noted, “Appreciation is the sacrament.” So this, on Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn, from Alice Walker.