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Happiness is Poetry: S A Griffin
Happiness is Poetry: S A Griffin Some say we are mostly water, I say we are mostly dreams. ~ S A Griffin I discovered S A Griffin because he’s one of the editors of my favorite poetry book, The Outlaw … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Harold Norse
Happiness is Poetry: Harold Norse The fiery force is nothing more than the life force as we know it. It is the flame of desire and love, of sex and beauty, of pleasure and joy as we consume and are … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Allen Ginsberg
Happiness is Poetry: Allen Ginsberg Howl By Allen Ginsberg For Carl Solomon I I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Pablo Neruda
Happiness is Poetry: Pablo Neruda To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life ~ T S Eliot Tonight my favorite romantic poet, I’ve never read anyone … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Gregory Corso
Happiness is Poetry: Gregory Corso I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them – they came from 1910, 1920, 1930. ~ Gregory Corso Another poet I found via the American Bible of Outlaw … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: More Langston Hughes
Happiness is Poetry: More Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. ~ Langston Hughes Democracy Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Robert Frost
Happiness is Poetry: Robert Frost Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ~ Khalil Gibran Tonight another look at a wonderful poet, one I must admit I’ve not made my self … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Adrian Manning
Happiness is Poetry: Adrian Manning Another recommendation tonight from our friend Hosho McCreesh, I really like Adrian Manning’s work and particular this first piece. Check out Concrete Meat Press as well, fabulous stuff. Have a read, enjoy and have a … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Great American Poems
Happiness is Poetry: Great American Poems Tonight, a collection of several great American Poems, enjoy my friends and have a happy day ~ Rev Kane I start of course with my favorite poet, Charles Bukowski, a brutal … Continue reading
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Happiness is Poetry: Suzanne Burns
Happiness is Poetry: Suzanne Burns So tonight friends a new discovery for me, the poet Suzanne Burns. It’s amazing what you can turn up through a Google search. I really enjoy the work I could find and … Continue reading
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