Patchen
7/05/2005
I may have shared this before, but Kenneth Patchen is one of my absolute favorite all-time poets. I encourage readers of this journal to pursue him with gleeful curiosity.
His antiwar heart song simply blows the mind. And his painful observations remain poignant today (excerpt from "A LETTER TO GOD"):
Standing in their salt sweat . . . hairy mouths full of a speech no man anywhereMore here. Genius. Make this obscure voice of the past a part of your experience.
has belief in. Big plans gone west.
These do not want Thee. Except for fun.
To paint flags on Your belly.
To make war right.
All is a lie in their world.
posted by Edward Svengali @ Tuesday, July 05, 2005,
