Robert Creeley – Two Poems & Two Photos – May 21, 2016
Robert Creeley (Photo by Jonathan Williams)
I know a man
by Robert Creeley
As I sd to my
friend, because I am
always talking,—John, Isd, which was not his
name, the darkness sur-
rounds us, whatcan we do against
it, or else, shall we &
why not, buy a goddamn big car,drive, he sd, for
christ’s sake, look
out where yr going.
Ginsberg, Anne Wildman and Robert Creeley.
Anne Wildman she has multiplied – number song.
America
by Robert CreeleyAmerica, you ode for reality!
Give back the people you took.Let the sun shine again
on the four corners of the worldyou thought of first but do not
own, or keep like a convenience.People are your own word, you
invented that locus and term.Here, you said and say, is
where we are. Give backwhat we are, these people you made,
us, and nowhere but you to be.
“America” Creeley’s poem serves to highlight the inconsistent attitude of America. Too often the nation is caught up in world affairs rather than addressing the issues at home.” via