Category Archives: Readings

Howl

Howl
In 1987 there was an event reuniting the Beat Poets for a week-long series of performances, exhibitions, and happenings in the Midwest. William Burroughs lived in Lawrence, Kansas at the time, and Allen Ginsberg thought it would be a good time to call all of the troops home for a reunion in Burrows' honor. It was…
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Readings

Readings
Hayden's Dream was written for a presentation on destiny within the landscape for the Vermont Institute of Contemporary Arts. I have often been asked to read my material, and just as often if I have recordings of them. I have created a set of readings with music as they are presented in installations and events. This set includes Hayden's Dream,…
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Hayden’s Dream

I It was already dark as we entered the path of the circle. Drawn into the ancient riverbed was a great Medicine Wheel in the fresh December snow.  At its center rested a Grandfather Drum, and beneath it, a Manitou stone from a sacred site in far mountains. I had made the Medicine Wheel for our friends and…
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