[Poetry reading, August 15, 1972] / David Meltzer.

Recorded in Bolinas, California on August 15, 1972 by Allen De Loach on a 60 minute Sound Dynamics cassette tape.

This recording is of a poetry reading by David Meltzer, held in Bolinas, California on August 15, 1972. Among the books from which Meltzer reads are Bark, A polemic (1973), Hero/Lil (1973), and Six (1976). The recording was made by Allen De Loach.

David Meltzer.

The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries. Digital conversion was made possible through a 2009 National Endowment for the Humanities grant.

1972

Sound recording

INT052

Face --Asaph --from Bark, a polemic:Admonition (Lassie is Mickey Mouse) --first line of poem:[I ran one down] --first line of poem:[Pass around pics of chicks in black patent-leather] --first line of poem:[Bark is what us dogs do here in Dogtown] --first line of poem:[It's what they teach in school] --first line of poem:[When dog dies some cremate him & stuff what's] --first line of poem:[A dog tune sung last night by Fritz the Wonder] --first line of poem:[Almost there] --first line of poem:[Dog shot in his pocket with shots of all the kids] --first line of poem:[I sent him to schohol & when he comes back he can] --first line of poem:[Dog eat dog] --Doggie diner --Admonition (A war of power) --first line of poem:[Open the door for the paper] --first line of poem:[Shameless hussy Bella had litter upon litter] --first line of poem:[It's either them or us] --first line of poem:[Neutrd spayd] --first line of poem:[We came & never left your side] --first line of poem:[Mistress is puzzled & angry] --Safeway super market --Admonition (Men who wear numbers) --first line of poem:[Dog who didn't know he was a dog climbed up a] --first line of poem:[Dog stinks of sea & rain] --first line of poem:[After a poetry reading in Seattle a well-meaning] --first line of poem:[Sheep, dogs, horses] --first line of poem:[Bit by a dog in the rain in Brooklyn] --first line of poem:[Dog my totem] --Admonition (The darkness is met in many ways) --first line of poem:[Dog] --from Hero / Lil:Prelim --Hero texts (2. Hero on land) --Hero texts (3. Hero downtown) --Hero texts (4. Hero rides the rails) --Hero texts (5. Hero as a cowboy song) --Hero texts (7. Hero's mom) --first line of poem:[Once more Lil I'm reduced to a blind slug moving down your] --first line of poem:[Lily in the valley] --first line of poem:[Yezer that's my Lili] --first line of poem:[She-demon deity lays on the sofa] --Tree --State grant --The eyes, the blood.

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