Monday, May 31, 2010

Peter Orlovsky, 1933-2010


Peter Orlovsky (Allen Ginsberg)


Peter Orlovsky: a beautiful remembrance from Tom Clark and accounting of his passing by Anne Waldman.




today again
death draws nearer...
the wildflowers

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue




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4 comments:

  1. Ed BakerMay 31, 2010 at 2:17 PM

    sometime I feel silly
    and some times I feel sad and old/vulnerable
    this is sad

    (I met him once in 1974)

    for my Two-cents... the very best of the Beats

    http://www.boppin.com/orlovsky.html#1

    and his attitude re: spelling... priceless

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  2. TCMay 31, 2010 at 2:29 PM

    Ed, take heart, it's not just you, the old/sad/silly/vulnerable thing is going around. He said.

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  3. John B. BurroughsJune 1, 2010 at 7:48 AM

    Thank you.

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  4. Issa's Untidy HutJune 1, 2010 at 4:28 PM

    Ed, many thanks for the link to Peter's poem, Tom, for the wisdom & truth ...

    Thanks for the kind words, Grant -

    ... and J

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