© 2011 Don Yorty. All rights reserved.
In 1970 I was living in East Lansing, Michigan where some friends were attending MSU. I started to read my poetry at the Aardvark Coffee House. Even in the beginning I was more of a performer than a reader. I’d … Continue reading
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… I believe the flowers in the photos above (I took the photos this morning in Tompkins Square on my way to class) are wild roses. They look very similar to what we called wild roses in the South Mountain … Continue reading
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… July 9th I’m sitting in my hotel room in Wuhan; it’s about six-thirty in the morning. I got up at four, made some coffee and played guitar on the terrace, overlooking the campus and part of East Lake. I … Continue reading
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… South Mountain, PA I didn’t get enough sleep last night settling into bed with a book I’d bought my father, The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers, a history about the sex lives of Washington, Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, Madison … Continue reading
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… It’s gonna be a busy week. No way around it. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I am busy from morning till night. I have to be careful that I don’t get tired and hungry and decide to go to … Continue reading
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… I discovered my favorite American artist, Charles Burchfield, at the age of 16 while I was reading a Time Magazine in the library at Cornwall High where I used to have to wait for the bus to take me … Continue reading