Thanks also to Frank, I searched out Michael McClure and was also fascinated
by him, esp. his Ghost Tantras. However, you would have to hear him on this
score. I also like his poem FOR THE DEATH OF 100 WHALES because he
cares...'In April, 1954, TIME magazine described seventy-nine bored American
G.I.s stationed at a NATO base in Iceland murdering a pod of one hundred
killer whales. In a single morning the soldiers, armed with rifles, machine
guns, and boats, rounded up and then shot the whales to death.'
Goya! Goya!
Oh Lawrence
No angels dance those bridges.
OH GUN! OH BOW!
There are no churches in the waves,
No holiness,
No passages or crossings
From the beasts' wet shore.
Thanks also to Maria's original post I used 'mystic poetry' in my weekend
workshop recently.
On Michael McClure
If you want to see him in a way that probably will surprise you, rent Peter
Fonda's film The Hired Hand, starring Fonda, Warren Oates, and Claire Bloom.
It's the kind of film called a "sleeper," but it's also the kind of film for
which Fonda was nominated for an Academy Award in 1998. Michael McClure has
a small role, but watch him carefully and see which of his personae he
appears to be wearing--if any.
If you want to hear him, look at his riveting performance in the film The
Last Waltz. McClure doesn't always use masks or a persona in his work, but
the real issue is how difficult it is for him to assume those identities,
and what sorts of transformations occur when he switches back and forth.
Cheers big ears
Helen
>
>Thanks Frank - the primal language in the Ghost Tantras threw me for quite
>a
>while - actually - it still is! But I have to admire the energy - it would
>be amazing to hear this spoken.
>
>Many thanks for the reference.
>
>Maria
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
>poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Frank Parker
>Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:34 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: poetry & mysticism
>
>
> > A series of events has led me recently to the 'Song of Amergin' - does
>anyone know who the mystical/mythological poets of our time are?
> >
>
>Michael McClure. There are two good links at Light & Dust (scroll down to
>his name there):
>http://www.thing.net/~grist/l&d/lighthom.htm and
>http://www.thing.net/~grist/l&d/mcclure/mcclure.htm
>
>
>***************
>Frank Parker
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