A poem I wrote in 2007 was published in Finger Magazine from Adelaide, South Australia in November last year, but I only recently found out about it. Seems they forgot to email me. Strangeness.
Anyway, I'm glad the poem finally saw the light somewhere. You can find it here: http://www.fingermagazine.com.au/?p=139
Let me know what you think.
Joran
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"Documentary exploring the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets featuring interviews with Burroughs, Ginsberg, Di Prima + more. GANG OF SOULS (1989) is Maria Beatty's engaging documentary exploring the insights and influences of the American Beat Poets. The film conveys their consciousness and sensibility through candid interviews with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Diane Di Prima, among others. Designed as a tribute to them and to their spirit of artistic freedom, Gang of Souls also weaves in additional commentary from contemporary musicians, poets and writers such as Marianne Faithfull, Richard Hell, Lydia Lunch and Henry Rollins. The film seeks to truly capture the magic of the Beat generation and it's continuing legacy. It brilliantly expands upon how the poets reached new levels of creativity and inspired unprecedented social change."
Thanks to MVDFilm for posting / Found via the Allen Ginsberg Project
Allen Ginsberg's poem on the East Pakistan war - Bangladesh's fight for independence. I think Bob Dylan collaborated somewhere along the way too. In any case: this is a beautiful poem/song. Find the complete poem/lyrics here.
Found the image at the Allen Ginsberg Project - Easiest the best resource on Ginsberg, and the Beats in general online - including complete transcripts of his lectures when he taught poetry at various institutions.
A poem I wrote, 'Fathers' has been published in Cordite Poetry Review 37: No Theme. I am particularly proud of this, and I'm a bit awed by all the incredible names I have been published amongst. Please read my poem here - and make sure the other poems as well.
An interesting essay from the London Review of Books on the Guardian Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/jan/23/londonreviewofbooks
The poster reads:
'"Poet satyr of today's underground - Henry Miller"
CHARLES
"Sexual Intercourse is kicking death in the ass while singing"
BUKOWSKI
world-famed poet, critic and story-teller
whose notes of a dirty old man so far has sold 250,000 copies, & whose all the asholes in the world & mine berserked the establishment to billy-club screams of out rage - likewise his 16 other books, and 2000 poems in 191 "little" magazines and underground newspapers
WILL READ
("Nope, doubt if I'll do 'THE FUCK MACHINE....not coming there to upstage the lovable Lenore")
Friday, 8 p.m. May 15, at
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Great article on how to integrate into Australia.
