Thursday, July 21, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
RE: adios
Think I am gonna end this blog. Will let stand a couple more days. Need to find new directions which I am sure will appear.
Gonna play the post card here and now! Geez, I couldda been a contender!
Gonna play the post card here and now! Geez, I couldda been a contender!
Monday, May 23, 2011
RE: Political Po Makes Me Sick
is a real oh is a real
you better open up and see
you can bet in ti fada fada
gonna stand up over the big
fence you got
you can bet the street will swell
with that mass you cannot pre dict
you gonna as sar miss yas ar for sure when
the next round bells
net a yahoo or not it dont matter to some
some say
and isnt it true by count
on both sides that fence you got
that folk
cry peace now...
there is a lot of
GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY
going on just now
some here some there some where now
where you are
hear some advice from the humid
mid west and i quote
the old pub call
which is the last call
"hurry up please its time"
you better open up and see
you can bet in ti fada fada
gonna stand up over the big
fence you got
you can bet the street will swell
with that mass you cannot pre dict
you gonna as sar miss yas ar for sure when
the next round bells
net a yahoo or not it dont matter to some
some say
and isnt it true by count
on both sides that fence you got
that folk
cry peace now...
there is a lot of
GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY
going on just now
some here some there some where now
where you are
hear some advice from the humid
mid west and i quote
the old pub call
which is the last call
"hurry up please its time"
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
RE: Conceptual what?
I remember W S Burroughs quoting someone who said: "Writing is, of course, 50 years behind painting." Or was it 30 years. Or does it matter. Cant remember who said what. Seems true enough though. Recent fuss about what happened at White House Poetry Reading recently...K G read from the Wall Street Journal did he? Humm.......not new that. If so called conceptual poetry has everyone including renowned Stanford critics declaring the latest stuff conceptual all that...humph. NOT. Come on now. NO not begrudging K G or anyone else there time in the spotlight or best sellers list...but jesus call me jaded. Or maybe call anyone jaded who has been around long enough to know that Will Rogers read the paper in public and Lenny Bruce used to read his trial transcripts on stage too...both had audience rolling in the aisle. And maybe I can say that like me, anyone who was charmed enough to swallow some Oswley acid in the 60's has known for some time know how funny anything and everything was...remember that time mid trip someone picked up a phone book and started reading outloud and next thing you know everyone is on the floor laughing. Or goddess forbid someone turned on the TV...holy fuck! Blah blah blah. Conceptual for a good friend was, while peaking on sunshine finding a plastic dog toy shaped and colored exactly like a pork chop. Whew....that was conceptual. Oh well. That was then and now is now. If bad is good than flarf is old. Ditto concept. Ditto someone trying to make poetry out of there own genes. P.S. Someone else is trying to clone W S B from a turd a Lawrence plumber swiped from his overflowing crapper one day many years ago. The'artist' even got a grant from some outfit in Kansas City. Good for him. Stay tuned and keep reading The Weekly World News for updates.
Again...I enjoy a good joke as well as next guy...and if you can keep it up...do so. Why not. I am certainly not in a race with anyone. For better or worse trying to keep up just wears me out. Just sayin.
Again...I enjoy a good joke as well as next guy...and if you can keep it up...do so. Why not. I am certainly not in a race with anyone. For better or worse trying to keep up just wears me out. Just sayin.
Monday, May 9, 2011
RE: ciel ing or creep of light newsletters from portland, or
Thanks to james yeary down in portland for making and sending out newsletters picd below. To me always a charge to open mailbox and find torn, crinkled, abused paper collection of poetics. A long and wonderful tradition carried thru recent years by like of ken warren at house organ, andre codrescu and laura rothenthal at exquisite corpse, chris riener at witz, st. marks poetry project...even yugan printed by amira baraka and diane di prima back in '60s. yeary keeps it going...and that indeed something to chant about hanging from a street light with a cold pbr in hand. indeed. more to say about this new pub in next issue of galatea resurrects from ms. tabios house of poetree.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
RE: "Haute memoire"
In the last few weeks I heard Joe Harrington, Rachael Blau DuPlessis and C D Wright (good poets all )reading what they referred to as some kind of 'memorie' stuff using archival materials including photos, newspapers etc. Like an updated Paterson...sorta. So what the hell....I'm in.
CRACKER AND SON
CRACKER AND SON
following a spot of cat fishing and remember happy days along the rivers of western Illinois......all white is a nice touch and bloodstains added for just the right tension....truth be told he was a violent raciest fuck. of course my expression may well be 'dont fuck with him or he will beat you down'...truth be told.
r.a. mccrary b.2/5/1901 raville, la
j.o. mccrary b.9/10/1941 geneva, il
Friday, April 29, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
RE: I inspire Lady Ga Ga.
From article on Huffington Post re Ga Ga's new video Judas.
(. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/16/lady-gaga-judas-listen_n_850015.html )
I wonder how SHE got a copy of my chapbook Oh Miss Mary. Hey, LGG, its okay....use it all!
"...The song and video are told from Mary Magdelene's perspective, with lyrics such as, "When he comes to me, I am ready/ I'll wash his feet with my hair if he needs/ Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain/ Even after three times, he betrays me/ I'll bring him down, a king with no crown..."
(. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/16/lady-gaga-judas-listen_n_850015.html )
I wonder how SHE got a copy of my chapbook Oh Miss Mary. Hey, LGG, its okay....use it all!
"...The song and video are told from Mary Magdelene's perspective, with lyrics such as, "When he comes to me, I am ready/ I'll wash his feet with my hair if he needs/ Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain/ Even after three times, he betrays me/ I'll bring him down, a king with no crown..."
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
RE: Can we become more ignorant?
Overheard at store yesterday. They were referring to in person advance voting now taking place in our town. . One senior to another: "Did you vote?" Yes "Did you have to show ID*?" No, they knew I was an American.
* New law in Kansas from new Sec. of State, ID required (especially if olive skinned or being chased down by heliocopter ).
* New law in Kansas from new Sec. of State, ID required (especially if olive skinned or being chased down by heliocopter ).
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
RE: I am not that, so don't 'kill' me please.
All this discussion...pointing to bad people who have fucked things up for others...coming round.
What is new becomes old, you do not need to extingish anything. LangPo...Flarf...Concept...VisPo....why are some many so angry at the 'old' and so abuzz to 'create' something, anything new? Bewitched I say.
In a good way perhaps. Just do it, someone once said. Just go ahead. You will be a) ignored; b) more ignored; c) spit on ; d)embraced, hugged, honored, beprized, hired, tenured and hung out. If that what you want...it is about should you.
Such energy these kids.
Here is an old saying: "Go fuck yourself." If you think that through it may not be a bad idea, eh? It may come to that you know. It may be an option to oh I dont know...opening day at the ball park?
Stay outta the rain. Anyone who goes to opening day tomorrow is nutz. Watching anything outside in the rain this spring be it baseball, kick ball or bocce ball...uh...no that wont happen will it. Forget I said that.
What is new becomes old, you do not need to extingish anything. LangPo...Flarf...Concept...VisPo....why are some many so angry at the 'old' and so abuzz to 'create' something, anything new? Bewitched I say.
In a good way perhaps. Just do it, someone once said. Just go ahead. You will be a) ignored; b) more ignored; c) spit on ; d)embraced, hugged, honored, beprized, hired, tenured and hung out. If that what you want...it is about should you.
Such energy these kids.
Here is an old saying: "Go fuck yourself." If you think that through it may not be a bad idea, eh? It may come to that you know. It may be an option to oh I dont know...opening day at the ball park?
Stay outta the rain. Anyone who goes to opening day tomorrow is nutz. Watching anything outside in the rain this spring be it baseball, kick ball or bocce ball...uh...no that wont happen will it. Forget I said that.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
RE: Latest Sports Results
FINAL FOUR
US: 23
LIBYA: 0
ISRAEL: 22
GAZA: 2
Take a moment and fill out your bracket.
US vs ISREAL:
GAZA vs US:
GAZA vs LIBYA:
LIBYA vs US, ISREAL & GAZA:
ISREAL vs US, GAZA, LIBYA, IRAN and RUSSIAN plus Pat Robertson.
US: 23
LIBYA: 0
ISRAEL: 22
GAZA: 2
Take a moment and fill out your bracket.
US vs ISREAL:
GAZA vs US:
GAZA vs LIBYA:
LIBYA vs US, ISREAL & GAZA:
ISREAL vs US, GAZA, LIBYA, IRAN and RUSSIAN plus Pat Robertson.
RE: RIP
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/03/14/MND41IAC74.DTL
Owsley has died. He moved a generation. Mine.
Some of us write poems (sigh)....some of us make LSD (ai yi yi).
Praise him again and again.
Owsley has died. He moved a generation. Mine.
Some of us write poems (sigh)....some of us make LSD (ai yi yi).
Praise him again and again.
Monday, March 21, 2011
RE Just shoot me!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/spring-poems_b_837667.html
This is what some white guy (and assorted others) do every year to try and make poetry 'available'
and popular in the community in hopes it will create, oh I dont know, job security for him (them). This guy, here today, decided G. Hopkins, D H Lawrence and W Blake are cool poems to celebrate spring. Come on dude, how about a little something from someone in Brooklyn dreaming about stuffing her exhusband into a blender, or a someone in Frisco wanting to conk a monk on the head with a statue of his holiness. White guy...there are real folks, living breathing, struggling, weeping, going nuts and being really happy every day during these fucked up times writing poetry that is well..you know...ah life like..yeah thats it. You know that dont you?
.
Godess help us...April is a comin and toad fuck us all for National Poetry Month to follow.
This is what some white guy (and assorted others) do every year to try and make poetry 'available'
and popular in the community in hopes it will create, oh I dont know, job security for him (them). This guy, here today, decided G. Hopkins, D H Lawrence and W Blake are cool poems to celebrate spring. Come on dude, how about a little something from someone in Brooklyn dreaming about stuffing her exhusband into a blender, or a someone in Frisco wanting to conk a monk on the head with a statue of his holiness. White guy...there are real folks, living breathing, struggling, weeping, going nuts and being really happy every day during these fucked up times writing poetry that is well..you know...ah life like..yeah thats it. You know that dont you?
.
Godess help us...April is a comin and toad fuck us all for National Poetry Month to follow.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
RE: Perfect quote!
Hillary Clinton Calls Al Jazeera 'Real News,' Criticizes U.S. Media
First Posted: 03/ 3/11 12:57 PM Updated: 03/ 3/11 01:11 PM
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Al Jazeera is gaining more prominence in the U.S. because it offers "real news"--something she said American media were falling far short of doing.
Clinton was speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and she said the U.S. is losing the "information war" in the world. One of the reasons she cited for this was the quality of channels like Al Jazeera.
"Viewership of Al Jazeera is going up in the United States because it's real news," she said. "You may not agree with it, but you feel like you're getting real news around the clock instead of a million commercials and, you know, arguments between talking heads and the kind of stuff that we do on our news which, you know, is not particularly informative to us, let alone foreigners."
First Posted: 03/ 3/11 12:57 PM Updated: 03/ 3/11 01:11 PM
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Al Jazeera is gaining more prominence in the U.S. because it offers "real news"--something she said American media were falling far short of doing.
Clinton was speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and she said the U.S. is losing the "information war" in the world. One of the reasons she cited for this was the quality of channels like Al Jazeera.
"Viewership of Al Jazeera is going up in the United States because it's real news," she said. "You may not agree with it, but you feel like you're getting real news around the clock instead of a million commercials and, you know, arguments between talking heads and the kind of stuff that we do on our news which, you know, is not particularly informative to us, let alone foreigners."
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