![]() Like an honest man praying for justice, or a liar for forbearance You must love me, like this, unreasonably, hopelessly, wide awake, as i love you, voluptuous and honest and prayerful and true, for i am relentless, and i am true, i live among the pillows, i am indebted to your grace, my face tilts in your direction like the morning sun you must love me like this, like the sun loves window curtains that hold momentarily in the breeze, like the breeze itself, which blows thru bushesĪnd stops awhile, like i wake to your sleeping like a morning thrush, like clouds wake to the multiple song of birds you must love me like this, like a small child who has burst into the bedroom and is surprised and a little confused by what he sees like a penitent who kneels in prayer before a god that he is not even sure exists but prays to anyway, like a finback whale loves the sea, like a single-celled creature knows no limits, As writer in residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace since 2011, he is creator of POETS BUILDING BRIDGES, now in its third season, triangulating groups of poets from different regions of the world. Augustine Poetry Festival, National Beat Poetry Festival, Lowell Celebrates Kerouac, and a poetry soiree in San Luis Obispo Ca international appearances at the Turrialba Poetry Festival (Turrialba Costa Rica), Boao Poetry Festival (Hainan China), Silk Road International Poetry Festival (Xi'an China), Piacenza Biennale (Piacenza It), La Cave Cafe (Paris Fr), Aldeburgh/Suffolk Poets gathering (UK) and Human Underground (Athens Greece). Recent national appearances include the St. George Wallace is a NYC based poet and spoken word artist with 42 chapbooks to his name, four albums of spoken word poetry streamed worldwide, and an active schedule of appearances in NYC, nationally and internationally. It does not make those we love safe or secure.Ĭould it be that it is the other way around? That beauty is what is behind reason? That what we find ourselves attracted to makes up our hopes and dreams, gives our lives purpose, and gives us reason? What is it useful for? There is no physiological need for it. We were awarded the view.Ĭreating art is not a sensible occupation. I've often thought that I could be that, what they are, in truth, it was never up to me. I've been lucky enough to call a few of those kind, strong, hard working farmers my friend. We grew up on the hill, overlooking the farms. ![]() Midwestern small-town Hoosier, I have worked in surveying, drafting, cartography, graphic design, and fine art. ![]() Day to day observations, focus in drawing and painting from plein air, life studies, photographic sources and the imagination. My practice includes predominantly pencil drawing and watercolor on paper. Somewhere in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.Themes include independence, solitude, threads of small town life, family and nature. Record producer for Black Flag, DescendentsĬomplications from Dementia & Parkinson's Disease ĭerek and the Dominos, Traffic, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends Kidney damage as a complication of COVID-19 The Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report Singer-songwriter daughter of Elvis PresleyĬomplications from myasthenia gravis Ĭountry music songwriter, singer, and musician Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sadistic Mika Band, Metafive The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice Overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. ![]() This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. ![]()
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