she ambles thru Park Guell
her mind on bread
she can feel crunch of crust
of pa de pages
can taste a bit of sobrassada
in pa de Sant Jordi
which to buy
"life is short"
she thinks
so buy both
Dave Roskos has announced the death of the poet.
I never met Don & our correspondence was slight. but our names have appeard together over the decades.
I think we first were together in the pages of Sattvas Review back in 1969. & in more recent years we both had broadsides publishd by Costmary Press & 48th St. Press.
on the website for his novel Don quotes me.
he once sent me a fun photo of himself with Doug Blazek but I can't find it now.
in the late "60s I bought Warhol's "Autobiography of Alice B. Shoe" from New Gallery in Cleveland. it was stolen while I still lived in Twin Lakes. I've long suspectd the thief. it was one of the small sorrows of that period of my life. but it carried thruout because every time I saw another copy of the print in a show I became sad that I was robbed of the joy of living with it.
this morning I was cleaning the dining room & moved my small collection of shoe lasts. it brought back feelings of that loss. but now I try to live in joy. so I decided to do a series with my feet & the lasts.
they are all self portraits except for the full body shot (featuring Gary Sielaff's piece done from one of the lasts in my collection) which Estee Huff kindly took.
