literature cd: [ 1969-2007 ] [ 39 years of literature ] $ 38.00
preface to literature:
firstly,
i am ambivalent about "editorial description" concerning any work in any medium...
it poses the risk of labeling,
and that bait of presupposition may be the bull-hook in the nostril
on the way to the trap which is the netherworld of prejudices gamble,
and a missed opportunity to explore and enjoy expansion, [ diversity, the axle.]...
this preface is my compromise under self imposed duress........................
rather than enter the aforementioned "editorial description" of this work,
declare wordsworth and whitman early influences,
and burroughs, lowell and jeffers as the right seeds at the right time,
i'll enter a small list of subtitles, [ as if it were in book format,]
that i was somewhat hesitant to lay down as definitive,
and from this list, you can either imagine, project or verify, or not...
and besides,
that's what intelligent, mature, industrious and intuitive critics get paid for...
subtitles:
-"autobiography in free verse"-
-"dialectics and circular chronicles"-
-"me, you, us and them"-
-"poems for theists and americans"-
-"notes concerning the human condition"-
-"conspiro, shall we breathe together" ?-
-"the exposition of truth and the desire for positive change"-
-"the diarist in his 4th life"-
-"non fictional declarations"-
-"notes from below the underground"-
-"the contumacious life; its rewards and penalties"-
within this medium, you'll have only 1 poem to sample,
[ "nine one one response".]...
the sheer #'s in their entirety precluded me from displaying
that there is indeed an eclectic mix of subject matter and a continuity of style thru-out...
but first an acknowledgement to the federal bureau of investigation,
guardians of the united states of america..................
were it not for their reationary and paranoiac nature,
which led these curtural protectors,
[ after misreading the poem,
"nine one one response",] to create a "transcender file",
all of the works on this cd would almost surely have remained in longhand,
on paper, unpublished
and stored in boxes in a storage rental unit until discovery post mortem...
they were not able to decipher it to be a statement of fact,
an embrace of compassion for all humanity,
an understanding of the cause of the deadly effect, and an anti-war poem...............................................................
after a courageous socially conscious paper published it, twice,
it was also employed as a facilitating mind agent
leading into an admirable butoh dance theater production entitled "5,000 falling souls"
which ran for 2 weeks,
hanging alongside works like audens "1939", and others, [ by others,] of that caliber...
it was then, [ without my knowledge/involvement,] disseminated onto the www,
where you can still "google" it............................................
the initial contact by the fbi started in late september 2001.......
in the last communication i had with the special agent in charge,
he informed me that because of the poem.....................................................
"we believe you had prior knowledge of the events of september 11th-2001"...
after hearing and recording his ludicrous statement,
the pacifist that i am grinned to myself in the extreme and exquisite irony of the matter,
telling the agent "this will be the last time we will speak to each other",
and politely hung up the phone....................................
except for a few hundred early pages ripped up by me,
and scattered at that time on a field due to a romantic gesture,
this cd comprises the totality of 39 years of writing...
there are
2,465 unabridged poems contained within the
2,531 pages...
peace, and good luck;
transcender...
