Saturday, September 11, 2010













hearing the buses out on
the street hissing,
Knowing the Terror
of the world afar---

a.g.

The Pocket Poets Series. City Lights Press, San Francisco, 1955-

Thursday, September 9, 2010






"His mind was great and powerful without being of the first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and, as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder.
It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion."

-tj


George Washington. Jefferson, Thomas. Bainbridge, PA, Katydid Press. 1956. 60 printed.



Jack's Alive






Jack is alive, and likely to live,
If he dies in your hand you've a forfeit to give.





"He accounted country-dancing one of the season's chief pleasures, especially Moll Peatley and Black Joke. 'These dances,' as he put it, 'stir the Blood, and give the Males and Females a fellow-feeling of each other's Activity, Ability, and Agility..."




Christmas Party Games. Opie, Iona and Peter. New York, 1957. Designed by John Begg. 1 of 360 copies.