United States of Poetry - Love and Sex

Allen Ginsberg
Joseph Brodsky
Lou Reed
Maggie Estep 
John S. Hall
Quincy Troupe
Pear Cleage 
Sandra Cisneros
Miguel Algarin
and Lypsinka

John Giorno ‎– Raspberry / Pornographic Poem : The Intravenus Mind ‎– LP-501 (1967)

Raspberry
Pornographic Poem

*Via UbuWeb

Recorded from an still-in-package LP given to Daniel Nester by John Giorno in 2003 after an interview at the poet's home. The interview would appear in Nerve and, later, Gargoyle. You can read the interview here. 

Sʊη яα Άηd His Άяkәstяα -Štяαnge ῶoяlds iη my Miиd (Sραɔә Poәtяy νol 1)

I Seek A New World 
I Am Trying To Find Myself
Damned The Air
I Am Strange
My Children
If They Only Knew
I'm Not To Blame
I Am An Instrument
Once Upon A Time
All In The Realm Of Death
Death Speaks To The Negro
I'll Wait For You
At Night
They Can not Accept Me
I Am Not Fantasy
My World Is The Space Way
Strange World In My Mind

Bukowski Live At Viking Inn October 12, 1979, Vancouver

The Secret of My Endurance
It's All Good
I Don't Need A Cleopatra
Unleaded
Quick Dream
You Got Drunk
9 Horse
Layoff
The Beast
The Alien (Aborted)
The Alien
Trumpets For Strumpets
What Creates An Acceptable Writer
The Old Pinch-hitter
The Lady In Red
The Recess Bells Of School

Lęðηard Cðhęη ★ Mastęr Pðęms

Collection of poetry readings by Leonard Cohen

From “Six Montreal Poets”, 1957
1. For Wilf and His House – Beside the Shepherd – Poem – Lovers – The Sparrows – Warning – Les Vieux – Elegy
From Dunn’s Progressive Jazz Parlour, Montreal, Canada, 8th April 1958
2. Gift
From “Ladies and Gentlemen…Mr Leonard Cohen”, 1965
3. Island Bulletin – Prayer for Messiah – A Kite is a Victim – Passage from “The Favourite Game” (“Here is a movie…”) – Passage from “The Favourite Game” (“The park…”) – Disguises Passage from “The Favourite Game” (“Just beyond the green…”) – Beneath My Hands – Twelve O’Clock Chant – The Genius On Hearing a Name Long Unspoken (fragment) – Three Good Nights (fragment) – Alexander Trocchi, Public Junkie, Priez pour Nous (fragment) – Hydra 1963 (fragment) – The Only Tourist In Havana Turns His Thoughts Homeward – The Music Crept by Us
From the YM-YWHA Hotel, New York, USA, 14th February 1966
4. You All in White – For E.J.P.
5. You Have the Lovers
From “Canadian Poets 1″, 1966
6. What I’m Doing Here – You Have the Lovers – Now of Sleeping – Style – Two Went to Sleep – Nothing Has Been Broken – These Heroics
From WNEW-FM, New York, USA, 28th April 1985
7. In the Eyes of Men
From an unknown TV documentary
8. My Secret Life
From KCRW-FM, Los Angeles, USA, 1993
9. Poem
10. How to Speak Poetry
11. Marita
12. This is My Voice – The Only Poem
13. We Cry Out
From “The United States of Poetry”, 1996
14. Democracy
From the YM-YWHA Hotel, New York, USA, 14th February 1966
15. Reading from “Beautiful Losers”
From an unknown radio program
16. My Top Ten

A collection of various poems; some were done in the middle of
songs and thus are only clips, others are complete readings.

Air with Amiri Baraka-Koln 03 20 1982 (FLAC)

Zoodoo
Bad News 
I Love Music 
Against Bourgeois Art
Afro-American Lyric
Wailers
Am/Trak
Class Struggle In Music




Lineup:
Amiri Baraka - recitation 
Henry Threadgill - reeds 
Fred Hopkins - b 
Steve McCall - dr

*thanks to Stephen at http://www.bigozine2.com/ for the flacs

Jim Carroll- Readings at Naropa and Boulder MOCA

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. (July 9, 1999)
Facts
8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain
Train Surfing 
Genius is not a generous thing, 
I want the Angel
A day at the races (from Forced Entries)

Naropa July, 1986

A day at the races
The poet and the vibrator
The new ordeal
With Van Gogh
Homage to Gerard Manley Hopkins,
For Elizabeth
Fallen heroes
For my generation
A child growing up with the sun.

Paul Keens-Douglas - Tim Tim (1976)

When Moon Shine
Dark Nite People
Storm Comin'
Tanti At De Oval
Fish
Wukhand
String Bank
Sugar George
Papa God

Herbert Huncke ‎– From Dream To Dream

The Lights Are Shining On Me
Louis
I Try To Tell Things
The Evening Sun Turned Crimson
Listen To Me
Elsie
On Heroin
Cheers
New Orleans 1938
Impressions
On Being A Romantic
The Savior
On Language
Beat/Nik
On Joan Burroughs (With The Bells Of Brugge)

Mis.Information:Organized Contradictions (Slow To Speak)

Frida Kahlo –Endurance
Jim Morrison –Money vs. Soul
Will Ferrell –The Shed
Matt Damon – House Musik
Jeff Mills –Music
Unknown Artist –The Decline In Quality Music
Louis Farrakhan –Wealth & Wisdom
Christopher Penrose –We Are Your Friends
Jim Morrison – Starting A Religion
Unknown Artist – Religion & Little Boys
Maya Angelou –My Sin
Michael Moore – Fear
Fred Peterkin –War
Unknown Artist –The Seasons Of Human Nature
Saul Williams – The Pledge
Weather Underground –Rebellion
Basquiat –Living In The Past
Akido  –Awade
Benjamin Smoke –Misplaced Keys
Dogtown  –Pirates
Bush Choir –September 11th
Miles Davis –Love
Unknown Artist –Sadness
Unknown Artist – Out Come The Freaks
Moodymann – Magick
Unknown Artist – Awareness Of The Strange
Joe Coleman – Heroin
Unknown Artist – I'd Swear There Was Someone Here
Unknown Artist – Til The End Of Time
Sun Ra – Bypass Earth
Unknown Artist – Always Forward
Tommy E – I Need To Go Away
Dumbeldore – Happiness
Unknown Artist – Imagination
Unknown Artist – Heroin's Grip
Unknown Artist – All Of Your Wildest Dreams
Unknown Artist – Bushes $ Contributions
Maya Angelou – Black Like Me
Joe Coleman – Fear, Desire
Unknown Artist – White House Officials
Wake & Bake* – 4.20
Dogtown – Valedictorians
Fela* – Gift Of Music
Unknown Artist – Ego
Theo Parrish – Be Yourself
Unknown Artist – You're All A Bunch Of Fuckin' Slaves
Unknown Artist – New Frontiers
Unknown Artist – Work Individuality
Unknown Artist – Don't Think
Sun Ra – His Story
Unknown Artist – The End

PATTI SMITH - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1975

April 3 1975
Me Nigger
Seventh Heaven
Jeanne d"Arc
Rusdoh
Picasso Laughing
A Fragment of Youth
Let's Deodorize the Night
Rimbaud Dead
Born to be Me
Baby's Insurance
Christ Died for Somebody’s Sins
All the Hipsters Go to the Movies
The Uncomplicated Sonnet
Piss Factory

Voices Of The Angels‎– FRWY 2-26 (1982)

Side I (29:57)
Charles Bukowski –Jam
Miles Ciletti – Five Block Walk
Garth Evans , Lisa Bloom – Brentwood Fever
Dennis Cooper – Hello In There
Velvert Turner – L.A.
Cotton  –Interview With The Outerview Of Whose View
Bobby Issacson – Scene Two Take Four Granted
Pleasant Gehman –Hard To Have
Cole Ynda – Manslaughter
Dennis Duck – Jody F. 29
Danielle Sybil – The Smog Pocket
Dennis Dragon – 25 Years At The Same Spot
Drew Steele – Progress
the Miller Bros. –Dog Shit Bay
Scott Goddard – Gay Boy
Madeline Ridley –The Valley Doesn't Exist Anymore
Ivan E. Roth – Mission Control Calling
Russ Parr – Big Black Car
Dan Phillips, David Scott  –Twisting & Kissing
Walter E. Hurst –Legal Rap
Smith  – Untitled
Wanda Coleman – Where I Live
 
Side II (29:58)
Marina Swingers, The – Casualfornia
Louie Lista – Albino Watermelon
Dave Alvin – Jayne Mansfield
Tequila Mockingbird – Mac Arthur Park / Punk View
Walter Lacey – Meatrack Man
Tuff Muffin – Beach Rebuttal
Little Girls – Untitled
Monica, Harvey, Cecilia –Demo Tape Hustle A.k.a. Total Blue Book D.b.a. Corned Beef On White, Mayo On The Side, Large Milk
Smith Here – Untitled
Bruce Gary – West San Fernando Valley Kid
Lanny Waggoner – Pico And Figueroa
Toulouse Engelhardt, Jeff Brough –Counter-Attack Action By Space Specialists/Oceania
Kari Krome – Love Butchers
Sally And The Surf Tones – Jump Into A Sea Of Blondes
Gary Stewart  – Mar Vista Man Speaks
Eugene Daniel – Talisman
Leah Komaiko – Watching Jeff Surf At The Beach
Charles Dukowski* – SWA Manifesto (A Work In Progress)
Stella – Stray Pop With The Surf Punks, June 4, 1980
Robert "Frizz" Fuller* – Hills Of Covina
Ned Wreck Featuring Elmer Conovitch – Bad In Bed
Tubesteak Of Malibu – Pier Of Observation
 
Side III (29:57)
Danny Sugerman –Night Games
Barbara Linkevitch –Devil Moon
Jerry Dreva – L.A. Art Scene
Jane Bond And The Undercover Men – Rodney On The Roq
Diana Waggoner –Calle De Los Virgines
Richard Meltzer –Wednesday Is A Day For Baldies
Jody Taylor Worth Of Blow Up* – We're So Cool (Excerpt)
Bobby Abrams – Sunshine Woman
Thank You  – Untitled
Reese, Nova, Senac – N.E.L.A.
Rosemary Renee Patronette, Margaret Rochlin – Bus Stop Van Nuys Blvd.
Chris D. – Absinth History
Marina Del Rey – Mud
Gustave Ridley –On Rodeo Drive
Harriet Rochlin –In The English Dept.
Mary Lou Ynda – Performance Art
Harvey Kubernik, Doug Moody – Block Booking Studio Time On A Superman Level/No Car Rock
Cheryl Smith – Sure
Blake Xolton – Tantric Boogie
Dave Alvin – National City
Phast Phreddie – Zombies In Chinatown
 
Side IV (29:57)
Geza X –Another Grand Illusion Shot To Hell
Bill Noland –Kalimba
Smith  –Untitled
Paul Body – Pink And Black
Joanna Spock Dean –No Middle Initial
Dr. Frank Stranges –Excerpt From Phenomenon 7.7
BPeople –Making Petrified Conditions Dance
Ed Smith –Off Hollywood Blvd. 1978/Fantasy World
Gerardo Velázquez, Bill Cline, Edward Stapleton –Aztec Dilema, Embryo & Placenta, Quick View Of A Chemo-Bicameral Subruban Urchin, Falsetto Boy, Abduction
Scott Goddard – Playing Electronic Games In Pacoima With Heavy Pinball Damage
Wanda Coleman – Angel Baby
Shredder  – A Portion Of THe Flipside Magazine Editorial #29
Patrick Joseph Di Puccio – The Forgotten Land
Jill Amanda Martin –90024
Harvey Robert Kubernik – Queen Of Angels Product
Kim Vincent Fowley* – Hollywood Trash

Big thanks to Darcy at http://confedwrong.blogspot.com/ for the rips.

₦icФℓ€ Bℓαckmαn - §η€ Ðið it

In The Movie Now (Blind With Rain mix)
Iris (Blind With Rain mix)
Lost (Blind With Rain mix)
Christians Calling - Nicole Blackman  Scanner
In the movie now
Lost
Daughter
The Courtesan Tales (excerpt)
West End Girls (With John Van Eaton)
Nicole Blackman & Scanner-Christians Calling
What I Want for Christmas
Chrome-Recoil
WANT-RENEGADE OF NOISE 808 REMIX
WANT-ARCHITECT STEPPA
WANT-LOW TECH REMIX

Τηε Ĝσℓðәи Pαℓσmiиσs- Ðәαð Iиsiðә (1996)

Victim
Belfast
Ride
The Ambitions Are
Drown
Holy
You Are Never Ready
Metal Eye
Thirst
Curses

Poemfone New Word Order (1996)

Hoyt, Dr Misfit - Poemfone Anthem
John S. Hall - Love Is
Hal Sirowitz - Answers To Questions
Poemfone Caller - Poemphone Message 3:19 PM I Loved It
Foamola Sparrow, Violet Snow, Lawrence Fishberg, Silvia Mae Gorelick - I've Been Reincarnated Too Many Times
Wanda Phipps, Christian X Hunter - Heaven and Earth
John Giorno - Jane Bowles' Pussy
Todd Colby - Unbronzed Fret
Poemfone Caller - Poemfone Message 3:19 PM Squawk Like a Chicken
M Doughty - From a Gas Station Outside Providence
Hal Sirowitz - Peeping
John S. Hall - Give Me A Dollar
Nicole Blackman with Space Needle - Caroline
Kathy Ebel - Poemfone Message 12:33 AM Hard Core
Bob Holman - The Point
Sparrow - A New Service
Amy Larimer, Susannah Keagle - Poemfone Message 7:27 PM It's a Bust
Anne Elliott - Daily Observations
Edwin Torres - Forever Ballad
Pomefone Caller - Pomefone Message 11:23 AM Surprised and Tenderized
Sparrow - Cops With Books
Hal Sirowitz - Finding The Right Spot
Poemfone Caller - Poemfone Message 2:35 AM That Poem Really Got Me Off
John S. Hall - A Good Hard Look
Shannon Ketch, Space Needle - Inside My Head
Nicole Blackman - You Will
Todd Colby - Hippie Shit
Allen Ginsberg - Poemfone Message 1:44 AM Thanks For the Poem
M Doughty - By the Light of the Silvery Silvery
David Greenberg - Fragments of Spilled Milk
John S. Hall - The Love Poem
Poemfone Caller: Poemfone Message 4:20 AM Smoke Another Joint
Anne Elliott - Tracks
M Doughty - Butter-Lost
Todd Colby - But
Poemfone Caller - Poemfone Message 5:25 PM Pissed Off Woman
Foamola - John Quincy Adams
M Doughty - The Blonde Valerie
Hal Sirowitz - Timing
Shannon Ketch - Notebook
Allen Ginsberg - Poemfone Message 11:28 PM Syllables from East 12th Street

Big thanks to http://pyrolysebred.blogspot.com for the re-up

Τηε miηd σf Ĝiℓ Scσtt Hәяση

Tell it
H2O Gate Blues
We Beg Your Pardon (Pardon our Analysis)
The New Deal
Jose Campos Torres
The Ghetto Code (Dot Dot Dit Dit Dot Dot Dash)
Bicentennial Blues

Richard Jobson ‎– 16 Years Of Alcohol

Les Disques Du Crépuscule ‎– TWI 807

Neighborhood Rhythms (Patter Traffic) (Freeway Records, FRWY 213, 1984)

Henry Rollins   We Are The Parents Of L.A.   
Chuck Dukowski Black Book Excerpt
Mike Watt Push-cart
Chuck Dukowski Black Book Excerpt II
D. Boon Themselves
Chuck Dukowski Black Book Excerpt
Charles Bukowski I Don't Need A Cleopatra
Michael C. Ford Ammunition (Dedicated To Henry Rollins)
Henry Rollins My House
Chuck Dukowski / Joe Nolte Run Intro
Chuck Dukowski Temple Of The Sun (A Work In Process)
Henry Rollins Crucified
Jack Brewer Elysian Feilds
Gerald Lockin Roger Hotspur
Michael Steele El Pollo Loco
Phast Phreddie Something Cool
Jack Shelly Walking Though Gardena With A Can Full Of Shit
Dennis Cooper Alternative Dennis
Glen Mont We Dont Talk We Touch (An Instrumental)
Exene Cervenka Perfection
Bob Flanagan Fuck Sonnet
Amy Gerstler Solace
Michael C. Ford Venice West
John Harris (5) The Gospel According To John
David Brian Wolfe Culver City Retrospect
Gustave Ridley Toxic People
Linda Albertano A Static
Bill Bently Marina Del Dennis
Lisa Freeman Dear Drew
Skip Engblom X-24-47
Lisa Derrick     Hate Bed
Eddie Call      Old School L.A.
Mick Daugherty I Blew It Out With Words Instead Of Bullets
Jane Bond & The Undercovermen Stuff We're Not Supposed To Know
Gary Stewart Musical Blinders
Ivan E. Roth When They Nuke L.A.
Jack Hampton Cinco De Mayo
Ivan E. Roth Dressing Room Poem (For Andy Corwin)
Marilyn Mitchell You Never Knew Me
Denny Bruce Hits
Garth & Donna Haircut Of The 80's
James Moreland Count Down Town
Dennis Dragon An Episode From The Dennis And Harvey Tapes
Daryl Dragon Titanic (An Excerpt)
Tuff Muffin The Interview
How Dog Probably The Truth
David Hackett What The Fuck, It's Only Life
Andrew Pryciak Moorsh On Ave.
Drew Steele Don't Worry We Won't Blow It
Scott Goddard First Concert
Rosemarie Rene Patronette / Scott Goddard Trips
Scott Goddard Current Occupation
Bruce Gary Ping Pong: Live Drum Solo
Nancy Gottesman, Rex Gottesman Wilbur Ave.
Nancy La Perch Valley Rock Guide
Jeffrey Lee Pierce My Dreams
Bill Englot Hamburgers
Jeffrey Lee Pierce Tribute To Miles Davis
Bill Englot Rock Video
Madeline Ridley Car Hell
David Trinidad Tim's Stolen Sweater
Alexx Gordon Cut The Bird
Luis Campos C.I.A.
John Trubee And The Ugly Janitors Oceanic Neon Turnpike
Tequila Mockingbird On The Way To Be Bop Records In Reseda
Brad Laner Arm The Students!
Bob Sherman Genesee Scene
Olivia Barash Honeywagons
Lee Lurie James Brown After Mindblow
Michael C. Ford The Canticle Is Out Of Tune
Miles Ciletti Hollywood High Used To Be A School
Nancy Lopez Dreams Of Lust
Randall Kennedy Product
Susan Beef Sweet Sixteen
Kid Congo Australian Tour Journal
Louis Lista Hollywood And Highland Crosswalk
Walter Lacey Meatrack Men (An Introduction)
Kim Fowley Garden Of Allah
Rich La Bonte Vid Music
Kim Fowley Tribal Drums Are Beating
Rodney Bingenheimer Are There Any Girls Here?
Thea Other Walt Disney Died In Vain
Velvert Turner L.A.
Chris D. Heat From The Sun
Dan Borris/Lance Loud/J Scales What My Neighbors Think Of Me
Harry E. Northup Listening To Savoy Brown At The Santa Monica Civic (For Paul Blackburn)
Sid Griffin Thought Talk
Anna S. Boys Vs. Men
Robert Marchese Ode To Joe
Paul Body Circut Rider (Dedicated To Preacher Harry Powell And Dr. Gene Scott)
Danny Sugerman Still Alive, Still Lucky To Be Young
Michael C. Ford Belles
Susan Gardner / Henry Rollins A Modern Dialogue
Shredder James Brown For President
Susan Gardner / Henry Rollins A Modern Dialogue (Continued)
Benjamin Weissmam Folk Tales: An Index Of Horrors #19
Susan Gardner / Henry Rollins A Modern Dialogue (Conclusion)
Therese Covarrubias Malathion Spraying In East L.A.
John Doe Jean Harlow
Wanda Coleman Silly Bitches Institute
Dick Whitney My Neighborhood
John Trudell  Tribal Voices Featuring John Trudell
Michael C. Ford Courtesy Of Crenshaw Village
Michelle T. Clinton – Good People Know How To Grease
Ed Smith Bobby Bankston
Dave Alvin Prayer

English As a Second Language (Freeway Records ‎– E 1031)

WOW
Dave Drive, Axxel G. Reese – Crudo For The Menudo
Ralph Flores – Aztec Haiku
Charles Bukowski – What Have I Seen
Miles Ciletti – Friends
Wanda Coleman – They Came Knocking On My Door At 7 A.M. Chuck Dukowski – SWA Manifesto
Mike Watt – My Life Up To This Minute
John Doe  – That Day Comes When
Jeffrey Lee Pierce –Blacks
Clayton Clark – Visions Of Muhammad Ali
Scott Goddard –Nikita Krushchev
Harry Northup – I Kneel Before Santa Monica
Luis Campos – Fruit Cocktail
Dennis Cooper –Seven Poets Chosen By John Ashberry (Dedicated To Tim Dlugos)
Dave Alvin – I Don't Sweat
Jane Bond & The  Undercovermen –Heartbeats In Westwood
Phast Phreddie – Lady Bird (Dedicated To Sam)
Madeline Ridley –Monitoring Madeline For Two Decades And Other Stories
Thea Other – Growing Up On San Diego Freeway
Lee Bertram Lurie –Track Hound And Tax Dog
Tito Larriva – Touch For Cash
Pooch, Al, Pete –Famous Last Words
Gary Stewart – Mar Vista Man Grows Up
Alisa Alvarez – She Didn't Even Pay This Month's Rent
Dave Alvin – Old White Woman On Vermont
Richard Meltzer –Goodbye Pork Pie Cravat
Kim Rosenfield – Four Selections From The Book 'Some Of Us'
David Roback – Dinnertime Blues
Walter Lacey – Rock And Roll Dream
Exene Cervenka – Percy Mayfield
Eddie Call – Gimme A Break
Dennis Cooper – A Selection From The Prose Piece A Herd
Michael C. Ford– Autograph
Jack Hampton – Unfurl The Black Flag John Haag
Henry Rollins – Henry
Ivan E. Roth – Beach Party Post
Nancy Lopez – Virginia Ave.
Therese Covarrubias –East Side Story
Steve Wynn – Here On Earth As Well
Bill Inglot – The Retirement Of Badge 714/Favorite Group/Problem
Shredder  – Battleship To Heaven
Craig Leon, Wanda Coleman, Ivan E. Roth –Poets On Planet Sushi
avid James – After The Revolution
Jackson Del Rey –On The Prowl
Deborah Patino – The Mountain
Age Of Consent – Fight Back Rap
Exene Cervenka – Evangelical Hootenanny Alligator Fortune Teller
Chuck Dukowski – Laughing Sam's Dice Rolled Thirty Six Times
Joe Nolte – Falling Out
Michael C. Ford –Highway Retrospect
Austin Straus – Death Camp
Michelle T. Clinton –High Blood Pressure
Chris D. – All I Have
Chris Morris – R.T.D. Boogie
Electric Guitar – Harlan Hollander
Tuff Muffin – It Isn't Very Romanuic, Is It?
Chuck Dukowski And Henry Rollins –D.S.Y
Tequila Mockingbird –I Felt So Poor That I Typed In Lower Case
Garth & Donna – How Do You Know We're Acting?
Linda Albertano – Sabotage
Velvert Turner –L.A. (A Reminder)
Wyline – Wyline Speaks Out
Kim Fowley – Pagans Of West L.A. #2 / Return To The Planet Of The Apes
The Odyssey Girls –Monday At The Odyssey
Dennis Dragon – Excerpt From The Harvey And Dennis Tapes
The Marina Swingers Featuring Frank – U.S.C. Fight Song
Rich La Bonte –Visions Of Jack
Margy Rochlin, Rosemarie Renee Patronette –Know Your Rights
John Trubee – Spiritual Insight
Vitus Mataré – Duet For Flute And Feedback
Rodney Bingenheimer –Are There Any Girls Here?
John Doe – Hearts
Celia Pierce –Funky Poet In The Palisades, Infection
Randall Kennedy In Reconstruction –Enorma Jones
No Peter – Dollars For Genes
Shredder, Miles Ciletti – Cahuenga Blvd., Flea Bite
Ivan E. Roth – Pico Robertson Insomnia
Scott Goddard – Marshall Unit
Don Bolles – Critique Of Modern Poetry
Ali Ben Anton Kline – Haerig - Buro - Gumsho
Harvey Robert Kubernik's Neighborhood Rhythm Method – 39th And Crenshaw

Etheridge Knight-So My Soul Can Sing

Watershed Tapes, February 25, 1986

Introduction by Gwendolyn Brooks
He Paid Me Seven
Wild Negro Bill
Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for Crimminal Insane
He Sees Through Stone
The Idea of Ancestry
A WASP Woman Visits a Black Junkie in Prison
"Beyond this green field"
For Freckie-Faced Gerald
The Warden Said to Me the Other Day
Rehabilitation and Treatment in the Prisons of America
Belly Song
"Frozen Lakes"
Yellow moon rise
Two Hours I've Walked
"Sigh, cry, broken hearted woman"
"Say Mister"
Circling the Daughter
The Sun Came
To the Man Who Sidled Up to Me and Asked, "How Long You in Fer, Buddy?"
On the Yard
To Make a Poem in Prison
Genesis
My Life, the Quality of Which
For Eric Dolphy
A Poem for Myself (or Blues for a Mississippi Black Boy)
A Poem of Attrition
A Poem for Black Relocation Centers
A Poem for a Certain Lady on Her 33rd Birthday
The Stretching of the Belly
Upon Your Leaving
Feeling Fucked Up
Welcome Back, Mr. Knight, Love of My Life
From the Moment (or Right/at/- The Time)
For Black Poets Who Think of Suicide
A Watts Mother Mourns while Boiling Beans
For Malcolm, a Year After
On the Birth of a Baby / Black / Boy (For Isaac Blackburn Knight)
Birthday Poem
Another Poem for Me, after Recovering from an OD
For Mary Ellen McAnally
Portrait of Mary
I and Your Eyes
Green Grass and Yellow Ballons