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Namaste My Sherpa
Overshadowed by the huge peaks of Langtang Lirung Sherpa guide shows us the way to this Buddhist nirvana As we sip our chang. Lakes lie with permanent ice throes and beyond The pine forests shadow forbidden Tibet. Chanting monks, spinning … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, StreetArt
Tagged #Poetry, cut up technique, cut-ups, fishbowlng, Nepal. Dadaists, poetic art, William S. Burroughs
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King Harrod’s Anthem
I wrote this back in the 1980s. It was a protest ode for a time and observance of the seemingly raking of endless dollars which helped proffer multi-million dollar department stores; to make their money fast in a political environment … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged #Poems, #Poetry, cut up technique, cut-ups, fish bowl poetry, fish-bowling
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Fishbowling or Cut Ups
I am a follower of fish-bowling (aka cut-ups or cut-up-technique). It is a technique in which a text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text. It can be traced to the Dadaists of the 1920s and popularized … Continue reading
