Poems

An Asphodel O dear sweet rosy unattainable desire …how sad, no way to change the mad cultivated asphodel, the visible reality… and skin’s appalling petals–how inspired […]

An Eastern Ballad I speak of love that comes to mind: The moon is faithful, although blind; She moves in thought she cannot speak. Perfect care […]

CIA Dope Calypso In nineteen hundred forty-nine China was won by Mao Tse-tung Chiang Kai Shek’s army ran away They were waiting there in Thailand yesterday […]

Cosmopolitan Greetings Stand up against governments, against God. Stay irresponsible. Say only what we know & imagine. Absolutes are Coercion. Change is absolute. Ordinary mind includes […]

Crossing Nation Under silver wing San Francisco’s towers sprouting thru thin gas clouds, Tamalpais black-breasted above Pacific azure Berkeley hills pine-covered below– Dr Leary in his […]

Death & Fame When I die I don’t care what happens to my body throw ashes in the air, scatter ’em in East River bury an […]

Father Death Blues Hey Father Death, I’m flying home Hey poor man, you’re all alone Hey old daddy, I know where I’m going Father Death, Don’t […]

Feb 29, 1958 Last nite I dreamed of T.S. Eliot welcoming me to the land of dream Sofas couches fog in England Tea in his digs […]

First Party At Ken Kesey’s With Hell’s Angels Cool black night thru redwoods cars parked outside in shade behind the gate, stars dim above the ravine, […]

Five A.M. Elan that lifts me above the clouds into pure space, timeless, yea eternal Breath transmuted into words Transmuted back to breath in one hundred […]