Poem 'A Tram Ride' Published in Finger Magazine (Adelaide, SA)

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

Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets

Description with post:

"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

Winter Glass - Reading

YourMic Home

Originally published in 'The Diamond and the Thief'. 

NZ Poet Sam Hunt performing at the Auckland Museum in 2009

Poem 'Fathers' published in Cordite Poetry Review 37: No Theme

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. 

Charles Bukowski original reading poster (#charlesbukowski #poetry)

An original reading poster I found here in Melbourne. Like the matchbooks I found the other day, this is a rare find, especially for this town.

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 

The KIVA

The University of New Mexico Campus'

 

 

 

Laurance Wieder - California

from 'The Last Century', Picador, 1992

Richard Brautigan

I am currently reading Richard Brautigan's 'Sombrero Fallout' (1976) - an incredible surreal novel where two story lines intertwine - a story about a sombrero fallen from the sky is half-written, then ripped up and thrown in the waste basket, where it, unbeknownst to the author, continues to 'live' and develop into a catastrophic chain of events - the other story line is that of the writer, who ripped up the first story, who pines after his lost love. Written in short bursts, tiny chapters, it is absurdist black humour, while at the same time displaying the real pain of the author-character - who presumably is Brautigan, was briefly married to a Japanese woman, Akiko Yoshimura, although strangely enough, if Wikipedia is right, that would have been after he wrote this book. Perhaps he was with her for a while - it turned sour - then they found each other again? 

Anyway, I am reviewing a book before I have even read it completely - I just want to tell you that this one is worth a read - as seems all of Brautigan's stuff. 'Trout fishing in America' is great - as is 'A Confederate General in Big Sur'. 

Brautigan also recorded an album - which is worth a listen, maybe two. It is long out of print, but if you hunt around for it you should be able to find it on some sort of blogspot - the title is 'Listening to Richard Brautigan' - go fetch!


It has this beauty of a poem on there: 

The Poetry of John Berryman - interview

You need to read more John Berryman

This is number 1 in a series of 6


Thanks to erp65 for uploading

Pablo Neruda - Poema 20