Buoyant blog of septuagenarian Kanadian poet and haikuist Chris Faiers/cricket. People's Poetry in the tradition of Milton Acorn, haiku/haibun, progressive politikal rants, engaged Buddhism and meditation, revitalizing of Callaghan's Rapids Conservation Area, memories of ZenRiver Gardens and annual Purdy Country LitFests (PurdyFests), events literary and politikal, and pics, amid swirling currents of earth magick and shamanism. Read in 119 countries last week - 22,924 readers in June.
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
AN EVENING WITH MILTON ACORN AND FRIENDS: IMPERIAL PUB Nov. 21st
this book ...
ReplyDeletethank y'all very much
... my introduction to Milton Acorn
&, what a terrific way to 'get-feet-wet'
& (my) mind wrapped around many lines
/poems that 'grab' me as though I was/were
doing he writing...
particularly in the 'I've tasted My Blood' section
and in the section just before it with it s:
(Request): "Let a shy hand find your woman hair ...."
an in next section I melded into/with:
AS TRUE A LOVER'S KNOT
and I tell y'all if I were (now) 22
in-stead of (now) 72 I'd have an
other Major Poet to add to my
short-list of those I "steal" from.
Actually