A Precursor to The Butler 18 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm

A few years ago at the AWP Conference held in Washington D.C. I experienced a "Sighting" so vivid I wrote a poem about it. At the time, I understood that domestics must have played an important role i...

Paracelsus: by Diane di Prima : The Poetry Foundation 13 Aug 2013 | 03:26 am

Paracelsus: by Diane di Prima : The Poetry Foundation

The Beats in India -- A Film from the Asia Society 21 Jul 2013 | 10:47 pm

I came across this film posted on the Allen Ginberg Blog. The video is from the Asia Society conference on the Beats in India. While India was having an important impact on American spirituality, the ...

First Lilacs 26 May 2013 | 01:18 am

The Lilac Thief This year I looked for lilacs off the beaten track in places no longer tended – A different kind of boundary, long rows where once houses stood, lots now empty. I love the deeper pu...

Thinking of Chogyam Trungpa and Allen Ginsberg on this April 4, 2013 5 Apr 2013 | 06:15 am

Every April 4 my mind turns to recollecting the life and death of two important influences in my youth--Tibetan master Chogyam Trungpa (1939-1987) and poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) who both died on ...

LOSAR POEM for Year of the Water Snake 11 Feb 2013 | 06:24 pm

So this is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius That long awaited communitas, with its panacea of universal love Destined to unlock hard hearts. Let the water snakes torpedo with their periscopic heads...

Some Changes 28 Sep 2012 | 04:48 am

My Annual Losar Poem: Year of the Water Dragon 10 Feb 2012 | 04:48 am

Year of the Water Dragon Hail imperial beast Patient denizen of the underworld Abiding in the watery abyss According to tidal lunations The ebb and flow of necessity Biding your time beneath the...

Ruth Stone In Memorium (1915-2011) 1 Dec 2011 | 12:09 am

NY Times Obituary Chard deNiord's Obituary in The Guardian The American Academy of Poets page on Ruth Stone

Coming Soon A Review of Louise Landes Levi's The Book of L 12 Aug 2011 | 12:15 am