Author Archives: Don Yorty

Maureen Owen reads from Edges of Water

… On Saturday, April 26, Maureen was in town for the panel discussion on collaborative creation via the artwork of George Schneeman that was on display at Poets House, and then she read at Zinc Bar on Sunday. That is … Continue reading →

Go Love

28 Apr ’14

… … What’s not to like about a band that has a member who plays the typewriter? Go Love had their reunion, album release and final show at Sidewalk Cafe, NYC, on Friday night, April 25, 2014. Tired as I … Continue reading →

Animals in Chinese Art

30 Mar ’14

… I bought some books with prints of Chinese paintings of plants and animals when I was in Wuhan, China in 2006. I can’t read a word of Chinese, but I am sure the paintings are centuries old although I’m … Continue reading →

Bill Kushner reads from Walking After Midnight

29 Mar ’14

… Here Bill reads Robert Frost from his book, Walking After Midnight, at the Poetry Project’s New Year’s Day Marathon at Saint Mark’s Church, NYC, 2014. Walking After Midnight was published by Spuyten Duyvil, NYC, 2011. … … … … … Continue reading →

Hugh Selwyn Mauberly

23 Mar ’14

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Cantos 1, 4, and 84 by Ezra Pound

28 Feb ’14

… In the 1970s I bought an LP of the Caedmon recordings of Ezra Pound reading four of his Cantos and other poems. After I no longer had a record player (from the late 80s on), I kept it in … Continue reading →

Guatemala Notebooks

19 Jan ’14

… Guatemala Notebooks or Trying to Understand Something for Pat who asked me when he left to keep this journal in his stead The same symbols keep repeating themselves. … December 9, 1990— I got you into the cab by … Continue reading →

Five American Poets: Stevens, Swenson, Rukeyser, Jarrell, and Lowell

18 Jan ’14

… Wallace Stevens (1979 – 1955) The Idea of Order at Key West She sang beyond the genius of the sea. The water never formed to mind or voice, Like a body wholly body, fluttering Its empty sleeves; and yet … Continue reading →

Performances at Saint Mark’s Church, New Year’s Day 2011, 12, 13, 14 & 15

4 Jan ’14

… I began to perform at the Poetry Project’s New Year’s Day benefit with my nephew Daniel in 2010. Our first performance wasn’t recorded, but in 2011 my partner Akram began to record us. The following are those five performances. … Continue reading →

In my words, December 23 – 24

31 Dec ’13

… I was working on a sonnet I’d written awhile ago, summer of 2008 in fact, but still not finished. I’d written a line that went, “The world is always beautiful when you look,” but recently it’s occurred to me … Continue reading →

In my words, December 9 – 15

31 Dec ’13

… Take a walk. There is nothing better. Go at your own speed and stop to look at whatever you want. Take a notebook along to jot down your thoughts. Something comes, or better yet you will come to something. … Continue reading →

In my words, November 25 – December 1

31 Dec ’13

… When Akram moved in in August of 2010, the apartment I’d lived in for over twenty years suddenly wasn’t mine anymore. For awhile things stayed pretty much the same, then one day Akram let me know that he really … Continue reading →