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Gargoyles
On earth,
scarab hued,
arms arching
as great titans,
devil knocker,
apothecary door
I adored Allen Ginsberg,
city parked,
above bank,
pine board floor
electricity painted
lineless walls.
Deck on deck,
two pair a dream.
And hookah hands,
domino pricks,
end game palms,
Gargoyle Street.
Skipping paths,
retreating back,
exposing carpet,
a favourite bench
and opening doors
firmly bolted
ate small myths
spat back at me,
new ones in you,
something for the road.
I'm tired now,
some other time.
scarab hued,
arms arching
as great titans,
devil knocker,
apothecary door
I adored Allen Ginsberg,
city parked,
above bank,
pine board floor
electricity painted
lineless walls.
Deck on deck,
two pair a dream.
And hookah hands,
domino pricks,
end game palms,
Gargoyle Street.
Skipping paths,
retreating back,
exposing carpet,
a favourite bench
and opening doors
firmly bolted
ate small myths
spat back at me,
new ones in you,
something for the road.
I'm tired now,
some other time.
Published 11th Jan 2023
| Edited 12th Jan 2023
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12th Jan 2023 9:37pm
I wrote a tribute after reading most of a huge compendium called Ginsberg, NY. He was like a proselytizing red giant star in my heart mind. Each line fires off a new stark image much like I remember feeling about the great writer. You ask for honest critique and I run through the qualities of writing that I have learned to admire like unity, vividness, clarity, sensitivity, honesty, vulnerability, alchemy, and your writing is so imbued I'd feel foolish saying add this, or like some knob punctuate here, pluralize that, lol Just as an example of the kind of not feeling thinking that misses the point. 💖
This made me cry. People appreciating a creation is such an important part of loving the production of art, I believe. Thank you for being such an incredible artist to read as well as to get feedback from.
12th Jan 2023 10:24pm
25th Jan 2023 7:56am
Loved this one.
I was fortunate enough to attend a reading of his at Kansas University in 1965 or ‘66, right around “Wichita Vortex” time. Such an incredible man, divine poet.
Rock on!
I was fortunate enough to attend a reading of his at Kansas University in 1965 or ‘66, right around “Wichita Vortex” time. Such an incredible man, divine poet.
Rock on!
