A Reminder, a Rejoiner, and Some Razzmatazz: Whitman, Issa, & Williams

You know good old Father Walt can be counted on when the chips are
down and everybody else is throwing around the oblique metaphors.
Put him together with Issa and you've got a couple of good traveling
companions.


To the States

To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States, Resist
----much, obey little,
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever
----afterward resumes its liberty.
Walt Whitman


Hurry into mist
hurry, hurry!
a bird set free
Issa
translated by David Lanoue


This morning while listening to some Charlie Parker I ran across some
solid razzmatazz from William Carlos Williams.  These two poems are
perfect examples of why a great deal of poetry must be heard (many
thanks to PennSound).   Who knew what a spit fire the diminutive
Doctor was?

The Defective Record

Shoot It, Jimmy!

And who can't hear that beautiful Bird trilling "Go, Go, Go ...."?

best,
Don

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