dr_con Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Ferlinghetti Didn't Recognize Me 4/29/2019 There was the time dig a substitution was made spent the day working at CityLights man North Beach and all living the not-so-secret dream to connect become a part of a servant to the lineage poets artists madmen and a friend who never asked me back said I gotta do so you want to fill in be part of the bop the boring boring once you ‘ve been in it awhile day-to-day grind and I said MAN hella-hella-way- cool and they sd without Referenc- ing Black Mountain College Never ever say that sh*t again And so there I was fumbling with the System old-old-school kept wondering when they would drop the abacus on me saying we don’t do calculators here because the AI war will be lost And we don’t want them sending their drones back in time to mess - up a good thing when who should walk in but Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti and he says Are you new? Just like that as if he didn’t know his own store as if he couldn’t see the faded scars on my finger - tips from my cut - ups and razor phase or all the times becoming the Best Poet Possible led to irresponsible disreputable unethical behavior eventually delivering me newborn on the left- coast and so I sd after too long a hesitation in a whisper laden with discontent I suppose so and he said I swear he said That makes sense. Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I had to SLOW myself down to read and GET this. whisper laden with discontent And then a merely, "I suppose so" How "beat" of you. (I also learned that Ferlinghetti IS still alive.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 TY! yes indeed he is. 101 ? I think. This was a memory 'redone' from the 90's;_ Last time I was in California, went and bought my Friend Ek's Poetry Book 'Ordinary Villains @ City Lights... Man we've come a long long way;-) Highly recommend the collection BTW some truly astonishing pieces: Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Hey, doc, that closing phrase is at once nostalgia-laden and bitter. Hard to, uhm, beat! Thanks, - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Juris, I've read this several times, letting it just soak in. This whole thing was very cool, with a lazy snap of the fingers cool. The experience retold makes it no less thrilling. I have ventured by City Lights but never entered. (Me being the only one in my party who had a clue of its history or caring.) I felt like a tour guide on a Hollywood tour pointing out some obscure landmark while the tourists only wanted to see Marilyn Monroe's house. I loved Ferlinghetti's recognition and response. Reminder, of when I ran into Gloria Steinem at a woman's conference many years ago, I literally ran into her, we both said "sorry" simultaneously and then I recognized who she was and was struck dumb. She understood, put her hand on my arm, smiled at me and then went about her business and I just stood there like an idiot. ~~Judi Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 David, Tinker, & DC - TY for your engagement, one of the one's Im considering submitting around. Many Thanks! Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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