     I've been a poet since before I could write. Click on the link at left, below, to see my 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 performances for East by Southeast (ExSE) Spoken Word Showcase, as originally cablecast on public access television ChannelAustin, on YouTube.

     A few months ago I appeared with fellow RagBlog poet Larry Piltz on Rag Radio, hosted by Thorne Dreyer on Hornsby-Austin radio KOOP . Some friends were unable to listen in at the time; others weren't sure how that "streaming radio" thingie works! From here, download and listen to the whole show on Windows Media Poetry or your media player of choice, recorded by KOOP producer and friend Allan Campbell in a high quality mp3 file. We had a lot of fun, reading some new and old work, and talking about what poetry is "for," and where it comes from.

     I've also included links to former US anti-imperialist political prisoner Marilyn Buck reading one of her poems, "Wild Poppies," from within the walls of Dublin Federal Correctional Institute, California, and to the Freedom Archives, where you can order her CD of the same name. Marilyn, my friend since 1966, died August 3, 2010, after 19 days of freedom following 25+ years incarcertion in US gulags. My 2011 ExSE performance was in her honor. You can see Marilyn's publications on the Rag Authors' Page . A new, posthumous poetry collection is in the works.

Click on Marilyn -- blooming where she was planted -- to hear her reading her work. My 2006 poetry collection, with many full-page color photos by Scout Stormcloud.

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