Last Links for April

Well my injury (more on that later) hasn't impaired my ability to type. So, taking advantage of BillyBlog's most prolific month ever (this will be post #83, double that of last April), here are some links to send you out.

Good news for Warren Zevon fans (of which I am one). There's a new book, and a new double-disc commemorating his life. The New York Times review of the book here.


And the disc? Early, uncollected, unissued, rare tracks on Preludes. Click link to read the review on Amazon describing how this record was made.

Picked up 4 items at the library recently:

The Essential Ozzy Osbourne

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A.R. Ammons: Selected Poems

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On Earth: Last Poems and an Essay by Robert Creeley

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and most interesting, perhaps:

Part Asian, 100% Hapa Portraits by Kip Fulbeck

Check out Kip Fulbeck's website (click link above) and see these samples, and more:

Poetry in Motion, Day 5 (Robert Creeley)

This is one of my most special Poetry in Motion posters. It was actually from Poetry in Motion in Philadelphia. Many years ago, I called the Poetry Society of America and asked if I could buy some extra posters. A poet named Matthew Rohrer told me to come down to their offices and he would see what he could get me. I showed up and he handed me a bundle of posters, over a dozen, and wouldn't take any money. The posters from other cities are very cool, with slkightly different designs from the NYC posters.

At a big Poetry in Motion anniversary gala, assuming it was the tenth anniversary a few years back, Robert Creeley and others read in a hall at Grand Central Terminal. It was a great reading and afterwards, Creeley inscribed my poster. It's a great poem and a beautiful work of art.

For Friendship


For friendship
make a chain that holds,
to be bound to
others, two by two,

a walk, a garland,
handed by hands
that cannot move
unless they hold.

Previous BillyBlog Poetry in Motion posts:

from My Grandmother's New York Apartment by Elizabeth Alexander (Day 1)
from A Bouquet by Bei Dao (Day 2)
Separation by W.S. Merwin (Day 3)
The Groundfall Pear by Jane Hirshfield (Day 4)