Don Yorty

Basil King reads from Out of the Box

… Over several weeks this summer I went to Brooklyn and recorded Basil King reading from a new work, Out of the Box, which he is dedicating to his friend, Robert Creeley. It is a work in progress, on its … Continue reading →

Sonnets 1 – 240

18 Sep ’26

On Sunday I fly from Santo Domingo to New York City. I am sure I will arrive alive, but just in case I don’t, I am adding here a PDF of the two-hundred and forty sonnets I have written to … Continue reading →

Lost in the Woods

31 Aug ’26

… When You’re Lost In The Woods Every Place When you’re lost in the woods every placebecomes a path. Rain especially willcome pour on the mountain ripping a placefor a gully all the way down the hillresembling footfalls not … Continue reading →

Stephen Paul Miller reads from Beautiful Snacks

12 Aug ’26

Patricia Spears Jones reads from The Devil’s Wife Considers

11 Aug ’26

… A few Saturdays ago, I visited Patricia Spears Jones at her apartment in Brooklyn. She ordered BLTs on sourdough bread that were delicious. It had been a while so we spent some time catching up, talking about ourselves and … Continue reading →

Going Back to Work Again

3 Aug ’26

… “Going Back to Work” I wrote when I was working in a lock & key factory in North Philadelphia around 1972 deciding whether I liked girls or boys or both and shooting a little bit of heroin like I … Continue reading →

John Godfrey reads from Prettier Grit

31 Jul ’26

15 Summer Sonnets

30 Jul ’26

… I’ve been writing sonnets since 2003. The goal has been to write three hundred and sixty of them. Three hundred and sixty degrees are in a circle. There is something eternal about a circle. And I think of … Continue reading →

A Shout Out to Hanging Loose Press

29 Jul ’26

Last Saturday, after spending the early afternoon together, Patricia Spears Jones and I attended a poetry reading at GreenSpace@President Street in Brooklyn to celebrate the publication of Hanging Loose 119. Hanging Loose Press began in 1966, and has survived … Continue reading →