George Oppen was poorly served by early collected and selected editions of his poetry. I could never get a toe-hold on his work through those publications. But the 2002...
Read MoreThis a poem of George Oppen’s, a favorite of my friend Randy. I had read Oppen and not had much sympathy for him until Randy showed me this one, in The New...
Read MoreFrank O’Hara was not the first poet I read, but he was the first poet i read whom I felt was speaking directly to me in and through a world I knew intimately and...
Read Moreit’s ok to prick your finger, but you can’t finger your prick. i spent so many hours in my basement listening to his...
Read More“Voluntary solitariness is that which is familiar with Melancholy, and gently brings it on like a siren, a shoeing-horn, or some Sphynx, to this irrevocable...
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THE MAN WHO CAN'T DIE
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GAHA: BABES OF THE ABYSS
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