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Category: Memoriam Post

Peter Lamborn Wilson

Valery September 28, 2022September 28, 2022

in memoriam We ate at Joshua tree in WoodstockWhere you had arrived from New PaltzHeaded for a poetry reading at the Colony CaféPeter the anarchist, the clumsy alchemistAlone, a teacher

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Tally Brown

Valery December 27, 2021December 27, 2021

Spontaneous Blues We say farewell to Tally BrownSurreal life of a Zen clownShe made the stage go upside downBourgeoisie was tumbling downOh Tally Brown, Tally BrownYou wore the biggest hat in townYour

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Jackie Curtis—(His Real Name Was John)

Valery December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

Lived on speed, wrote surreal poetryYouth fading fast between the night and heroinBaroque doors all lead to La Mama TheaterJames Dean poetry at Danceteria-club readingQuick write a movie at Andy’s

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Janine Pommy Vega (1942-2010)

Valery November 10, 2021November 10, 2021

The Drum Circle Beat the drums slowly, like a wave of pebblesFor the Bearsville medicine woman of Willow Beat the drums quietly, for the beat poetess of WoodstockBeat the drums, till

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Taylor Mead (1924-2013)

Valery November 10, 2021November 10, 2021

Taylor Mead! Oh! Taylor Mead!Your ass was a symphony leadOn speed, stoned on weedCannot precede a Taylor MeadHe stimulates everyone’s sphincterScreaming Frank O’Hara’s non-repressed desire:“The general return from one place

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Jack Micheline, 1929-1998

Valery February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

Talking to JM at Space Light Sound Gallery East 7th StreetIs like tasting raw street nerve forceIt’s like a labyrinth of urban folklore and poetical bum lingoIt’s like talking to

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Ted Joans—The Priest of Jazz

Valery January 17, 2021October 17, 2021

Originally published on Empty Mirror I met Ted Joans in New York 1973, 30 years ago, through Charles Henri Ford as a fellow surrealist and collaborated with him at his

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