Showing posts with label Certitude of Laundromats. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Certitude of Laundromats: Albert Huffstickler (12/17/1927 - 2/25/2002)



Today is the 10th anniversary of Albert Huffstickler's death and I still think about him all the time. Here is a video of a musician, Tola Marton, adapting one of Huff's great poems to song, posted by Felicia Mitchell on the Huff Facebook page.




The poem below, from the chapbook, pictured above:


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Also posted on that page today is a poem called "Origins", with Huff reading.  Another beauty.





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mountain temple--
the butterfly sips
Buddha's tea water
Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue



best,
Don



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