Don Yorty

Dylan Thomas reads Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

… “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. … … … … …

Iraqi Kiss

24 Nov ’15

… The two Iraqi young men seem to be trying to unnerve the American soldier holding a machine gun shortly after the invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003, the occupied goofing on the occupier. Most Americans seem unable … Continue reading →

Quack by Bill Kushner

21 Nov ’15

… On November 16, 2015 at the Poetry Project in NYC there was a memorial reading for Bill Kushner organized by Stacy Szymaszek, a beautiful tribute to a wonderful poet. The readers were Stacy Szymaszek, Lewis Warsh, Phyllis Wat, Maggie … Continue reading →

Scott Hightower reads from Part of the Bargain

31 Oct ’15

… I went over to Scott’s penthouse on 23rd Street a few weeks ago to record him reading some poems from a book of his that I like, Part of the Bargain. I thought for a minute to record on … Continue reading →

The Friday Night Apocalypse Stew

25 Oct ’15

… Back in the early 70s in my early 20s while working at a lock and key factory in North Philly, I lost the inspiration to write, and came back to it partly by working on song lyrics, lyrics that … Continue reading →