Mayakovsky led me naturally back to Whitman. I remember well being astonished by Whitman in high school. Here was a man in the mid 19th century who saw it all, saw...
Read More A number of weeks ago, I wrote a brief post about Frank O’Hara and included two of my favorite poems. I didn’t know at the time that there was a newly edited...
Read MoreWhat I think of Niedecker changes with my mood. This is from the 2002 Collected Works. Before that, as with Oppen, there were incomplete or eccentric selected editions...
Read MoreThis is from Doctor Drink, by JV Cunningham. 4. Epitaph for Someone or Other Naked I came, naked I leave the scene, And naked was my pastime in...
Read MoreGeorge 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...
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THE MAN WHO CAN'T DIE
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GAHA: BABES OF THE ABYSS
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