Thursday, March 31, 2005

Robert Creeley: RIP: I hardly knew the man...

Massachusetts-born poet Robert Creeley died Wednesday in Odessa, Texas. Creeley is associated with a group of writers often referred to collectively as "The Black Mountain Poets." He authored 60 books of poetry and criticism.



I Know a Man

As I sd to my
friend, because I am
always talking, -- John, I

sd, which was not his
name, the darkness sur-
rounds us, what

can we do against
it, or else, shall we &
why not, buy a goddamn big car,

drive, he sd, for
christ's sake, look
out where yr going.


The NPR report here. A bio here.

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