Category Archives: poetry
William Burroughs’ Thanksgiving Prayer
William Burroughs’ Thanksgiving Prayer – very glad to be reminded of this by ghost rocket. Mustn’t ramble, I’m at work…
Happy Birthday William Blake
I wander thro’ each charter’d street, Near where the charter’d Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every Man In every Infant’s cry of fear, In every … more…
The New York Times and the limits of parody
Facts & email relevant to New York Times effort to suppress poet’s work Tom Matrullo’s got an interesting story going on concerning the suppression of pages posted by blogger and poet Brian Kim Stefans. The pages resembled feature pages from … more…
Rose Mulvale
Dance, anyone? Open their ears to the music of many tongues Draw the light of thought into their darkened eyes Offer Honey for sweetness Mustard for bite Truth for nourishment Falsehood for strength Teach them to map the movements of … more…
10 Bulls
10 Bulls I think Plep may have discovered a cache of really, really old bookmarks somewhere. I remember seeing this linked around the place about seven years ago, but I’d forgotten all about it. The 10 Bulls is more than … more…
High Water; Daft Bastard
Greetings to George at High Water, whose recent post has nudged me into uploading another old piece (from about 1993) called Daft Bastard, which I’ve put into the works section of this site, rather than post it here, because, well, … more…
Bob Cobbing (1920-2002)
Pioneering sound poet and mainstay of the UK underground and small press movement from the 60s onwards, Bob died peacefully in the early hours of 29th September. Obituary here (Independent). Here are some more details about his life and work. … more…
Watching The K Foundation Burn A Million Quid
Ooo-kay then – I think I’m about ready to welcome visitors into the rest of the site, which now looks… pretty much like the blog, actually. I’ve put up an old piece, Watching The K Foundation Burn A Million Quid, … more…
Ray Sweatman: Ah, the Humanity
Grim place, Planet Stupid. Go and read Ah The Humanity at You Live Your Life As If It’s Real (herewith blogrolled). Ray reminisces – somewhat despairingly, but it’s still funny – about trying to coax some appreciation for the finer … more…
“More Barn!”
I’m not sure that I would claim entirely to understand a blog post that begins with a great Neil Young anecdote (attributed to Graham Nash, but you never know) and proceeds into a reminiscence about certain sacred and mystical guitar … more…