Extra Credit

What would it be like if a poet ran a country?

For sure, the country would have a lot more fun.

Countries are necessary so we can fight each 
other, and to keep the slaughter down to
digestible size.

Hey!

Look at what happened when China and Russia 

got organized!

I love the image of Allen Ginsberg as King of the

May Day Parade in Prague. 

For once, they got it right.

W.S. Merwin establishment laureate not so much.

Maya Angelou why does the caged bird sing, bitch?

You did something wrong to be on that podium.

Poetry is not establishing, making anything solid.

Art, communication, dance. express fluidity of

perception in the moment of recognition….maybe.