He came back to his place, and read his poem. Yes, it was exactly as he had composed it, while we watched. Well, perhaps one word was different.
Would he tear up the slip of paper? He tore it into small bits, a little random heap on the table before him.
Now where was the poem?

  —Muriel Rukeyser, The Life of Poetry



Fred Moten, Elegy for Performances, 4-7
Kerry Shawn Keys, She Says This Knife, 32
Michael McDonagh, Once, 118-119 | Audio (with Lisa Scola Prosek) Download Format: WMA | MP3
Michael McClure, Maybe Mama Lion, 186-188 | Audio (with Ray Manzarek) Download Format: WMA | MP3
Jane Siberry, Enter Forest, 248-249

Interview with Michael McClure, All Moments Are One, 174-185

Audio of "No Lowdown Blues" by Yusef Komunyakaa (recorded with Hamiett Bluiett) Download Format: WMA | MP3

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