A Poem from Klipschutz

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THE UNKNOWN LYRIST’S EASTER SUNDAY SERMON TO HIMSELF
by Klipschutz

National Poetry Month or no,
I am, per usual, alone,
in that dreary little cul-de-sac
removed from luck and light,
BOOKS ON TAPE and MYSTERY,
green to yellow COOKING,
the bitter dream of TRAVEL,
surrounded by the pure pith of the ages,
the rotten, ripe and wax fruit of the age.
My eyes fall on an argument,
The Ordeal of Robert Frost,
no doubt misshelved, well-reasoned prose,
which I don’t disturb,
having ordeals of my own.

Outside a weak sun shines
as my Rockports carry me
back to this Tendernob cavern.
(What used to be a “garret, carpet new”
now lists as “atmospheric, skyline view.”)

Okay, he had it hard, we know, we know.
The hired hand comes home to die,
that much I recall, God-fearing solid souls
take him in. Apples, birches, fences,
the virtues of persistence and blank verse.
Still no matter how you slice it,
the ordeal of Robert Frost has gone to sleep.
I on the other hand rock on
from crisis to conceit,
elegy to chorus, cheek to cheek,
beset by editors and landlords without faces.

An early April afternoon could’ve gone worse.
One’s bookworm cul-de-sac is the apple of another’s universe.

Klipschutz (pen name of Kurt Lipschutz) is a poet, songwriter and occasional freelance journalist. This poem is from his new book from Anvil Press.

SUPPORT: ROBBIE BASHO DOC KICKSTARTER

Trailer…

From http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/326705872/voice-of-the-eagle-the-enigma-of-robbie-basho …

Before his bizarre death at the hands of a chiropractor, Robbie Basho was sure that his compositions would not outlast him. Orphaned during infancy, diagnosed with synaesthesia (a union of the senses that caused him to interpret sound as colour) and claiming to be the reincarnation of a 17th century poet – the Baltimore-born guitarist and singer’s musical output was equally as outlandish as his persona.

In his brief and troubled life he laid the foundations for radical changes to the musical landscape of America during the 1960s and 70s but reaped little more than a sparse (if fervent) following during his lifetime.

Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho is a journey into the heart of an artist’s lifelong struggle – designed to illuminate and satiate existing fans while serving as a perfect starting point for the uninitiated.

Featuring interviews with Basho’s former students, contemporaries and few close friends (including Pete Townshend of The Who and William Ackerman); the documentary will integrate new information and anecdotes on Basho with previously uncovered visual material, abstract employment of archive footage and photography of the natural phenomena and landscapes that informed his work.

With the resurgence of interest in Basho growing and a more widespread revival a tangible possibility, it is surely an auspicious time for his unique music and life story to be evoked through documentary.

More: http://www.robbiebashofilm.com/

NEW JODOROWSKY FEATURE FILM “LA DANZA DE LA REALIDAD” DEBUTING AT CANNES

High-res trailer, info website on new Jodorowsky film debuting at Cannes:

http://www.pathefilms.com/film/ladanzadelarealidad

Low-res trailer:

English translation of voiceover and text from youtube contributr:

0:14 You and I are nothing but memories. 0:20 Never a reality. 0:24 Something is dreaming us. 0:27 Give yourself to the illusion. 0:29 Live. 0:30 (AFTER ‘HOLY MOUNTAIN’) 0:36 (AND EL TOPO ‘THE MOLE’) 0:42 (THE NEW FILM BY Alejandro Jodorowsky) 0:49: ‘The darkness will swallow everything’ 0:57 Everything you are going to be, you already are. 1:01 What you are searching for is already inside you. 1:05 Be happy for your sufferings, 1:09 Because of them, you will come to me.