Posts tagged poetry
OBSOLETE! #5 is out now with more essays, fiction, poetry and artwork than ever before. It includes work by Bob Pfeifer, Spike Vrusho, Diana “The Doc” Thomas, City of Strangers, Cheryl Ammeter, Lenny Zenith, Michael X. Rose,Karim Hetherington, Chuck Miller, Chris Schipper and Walter Sun Chien, and more.
Marilyn Manson Reads “The Proverbs of Hell” by William Blake -“‘Expect poison from the standing water…’ Musician and poet Marilyn Manson reads at Dark Blushing, a poetry evening inspired by the exhibition ‘Luminous Paper: British Watercolors and Drawings’ at the J. Paul Getty Museum.”
Philip Levine Poet of Drudgery
I think not, I guess I know the world where he comes from, what he’s done… the man is a genius and the author of what is probably my favorite poem.
Tom Waits reads Charles Bukowski’s “The Laughing Heart”. A piece that gets raped and pillaged by Levi’s in their ill timed commercial.
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Vincent Price - Reads Bysshe Shelley’s ‘My Soul is an Enchanted Boat’
Suits By David R. Slavitt
Each morning, as I confront my closet’s array,
I have to admit again that the life I lead
is hardly good enough: I have not been named
ambassador to Malta; I am not on the board
of any college or large corporation; I shall not
receive a major prize today and pose
for photographers. Those suits, the shirts, the ties
are ready, but I am not, and the shoes are shined
as they wait for different occasions than I imagined
on the tailor’s block, when I shopped for a dandified
future brighter than what I expect or deserve.
Even for weddings and funerals that require
a suit, I choose from the second best, reserving
that one for the dream into which I yet hope to awake
Since feeling is first / who pays any attention / to the syntax of things / will never wholly kiss you.
