Author Archives: Don Yorty

Dean Kostos reads from THIS IS NOT A SKYSCRAPER

… Shortly after the New Year, to get the new year going, I went over to Chelsea to video Dean Kostos in his apartment reading from his new book, THIS IS NOT A SKYSCRAPER, published by Red Hen Press. I’d … Continue reading →

John Lennon and John Legend

26 Jan ’16

… The first time I heard Yoko Ono sing I was tripping on acid. I was tripping with Gloria who had put the record on after we’d been listening to Iggy and the Stooges. This was East Lansing, Michigan, probably … Continue reading →

Dorothy Friedman reads Bill Kushner from White Rabbit

25 Jan ’16

… I saw Dorothy Friedman at the memorial reading for Bill Kushner at the Poetry Project in October, and she told me that she too would like to read some poems by Bill, so I asked her to come over … Continue reading →

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21 Jan ’16

… Love comes when least expected and love comes like the rain blowing naked over us making us all wet. Love never makes a fuss. As I grow old, love stays forever young returning like the sun or moon, the … Continue reading →

Blue Sorrow, Green Sorrow

19 Jan ’16

I’ve been going through a lot of stuff, throwing out a lot of stuff, and came across this forgotten session, and liked it, was glad I found it, my nephew Daniel and I rehearsing before a performance, January afternoon, the … Continue reading →

Dylan Thomas reads Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

18 Jan ’16

… “Rage, rage against the dying of the light?” Or simply say as Emily Dickinson said, “I must go in; the fog is rising.” Or as Allen Ginsberg said to his friends, “I always thought I’d be terrified, but I … Continue reading →

The Significant Anthology

31 Dec ’15

… Here we are at the end of December and I still want to add one more post to my blog before the year is over about a happy event that happened to me this past year: I was included … Continue reading →

Sweet Little Angel

31 Dec ’15

… I performed a song at the Poetry Project with my nephew Daniel. May every day be full of love. Love, love, love, love, love, love, love. … … Sweet Little Angel I got a sweet little angel Sweeter than … Continue reading →

Mark Statman reads from That Train Again

19 Dec ’15

… I went to Mark Statman’s home in Brooklyn. He shares it with his wife, artist Katherine Koch. They have several dogs, and the dogs, I must say, remained a pretty calm audience throughout Mark’s reading although you might hear … Continue reading →

Patricia Spears Jones reads from A Lucent Fire

8 Dec ’15

… Patricia Spears Jones came over to my place a few weeks ago to read some poems from her new book, A Lucent Fire, new and selected poems published by White Pine Press. Although it was a noisy early afternoon … Continue reading →

Reflections in the English Garden

27 Nov ’15

… Took a walk in Central Park this afternoon that ended up as usual in the English Garden. All the mums had been pulled out of the French Garden and the tulips planted for the spring. You could feel for … Continue reading →

For Judith Malina by Ed Sanders

27 Nov ’15

… Kenny Angel gave me this poem book, a tribute to Judith Malina by Ed Sanders. He works on these poem books at his studio on Second Avenue. … … … … …