tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post5495526715755098537..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: A Ferlinghetti of the Mind, Mr. Brautigan's Salmon Sonnet Extravaganza and Huff & Issa: The Road MovieIssa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-10539993615944538202008-08-02T14:20:00.000-04:002008-08-02T14:20:00.000-04:00Glad the Ferlinghetti post sparked some memories ....Glad the Ferlinghetti post sparked some memories ... I'm astounded how, in the video, he is still so vital and now at 82. <BR/><BR/>DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-42042197732933840602008-08-02T13:00:00.000-04:002008-08-02T13:00:00.000-04:00Whenever I go somewhere that is writing-related, I...Whenever I go somewhere that is writing-related, I carry my HOWL tote bag (bought at City Lights, of course) whose reverse side clearly proclaims: starving naked hysterical.<BR/><BR/>Encountered Ferlinghetti's "I am waiting" in my senior year of high school. As the years went on, I encountered the sources for his allusions, with the astonished pleasure of seeing a childhood friend on another street.<BR/>--pieplatepieplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07412986645690821763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-59249013186449095332008-08-02T06:42:00.000-04:002008-08-02T06:42:00.000-04:00Thanks, Greg. Glad you particularly liked the Ket...Thanks, Greg. Glad you particularly liked the Kettner and Ferlinghetti.<BR/><BR/>I've been rereading <I>Coney Island</I> at work for a posting I'm going to do there about the 50th anniversary and it is amazing how much of it still holds up, very powerful. It certainly deserves to be on the Near Perfect list.<BR/><BR/>DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-15571802865395557412008-08-01T10:00:00.000-04:002008-08-01T10:00:00.000-04:00great poems, especially the M. Kettner haiku, and ...great poems, especially the M. Kettner haiku, and I agree with Charles -- that Ferlinghetti poem is amazing. i'm gonna re-read that one a few times.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344808703550376121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-24563992666087940282008-08-01T06:35:00.000-04:002008-08-01T06:35:00.000-04:00Charles:Glad you liked the work ... it is amazing ...Charles:<BR/><BR/>Glad you liked the work ... it is amazing how smooth and easy LF makes it seem and we all know how very hard that is. Appropriate that it be for Allen, whose "Kaddish" for his mother is one of his very best works.<BR/><BR/>Jim, you are welcome.<BR/><BR/>DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-24960806987961821852008-07-31T14:56:00.000-04:002008-07-31T14:56:00.000-04:00I treasure my very incomplete collection of City L...I treasure my very incomplete collection of City Lights anthologies. Thanks for featuring some of the City Lights voices.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-9143034722507931672008-07-31T13:08:00.000-04:002008-07-31T13:08:00.000-04:00Good poetry all, but that piece on Allen Ginsburg ...Good poetry all, but that piece on Allen Ginsburg was just incredible. Such flow and rhythm. Definitely added to the beauty of the morning.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com