Tag Archives: William Carlos Williams

Poetry As Crime; Parole at Ten

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Poetry As Crime; Parole at Ten by Pat Nolan In September of 2012, Parole, the blog of the newly reconstituted Black Bart Poetry Society whose motto is “For those who think poetry is still a crime,” started as irregular memos … Continue reading →

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Sour Grapes

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Nuallain House, Publishers

SOUR GRAPES By Pat Nolan “What a fool to be tricked into seriousness.”—William Carlos Williamsfrom Kora In Hell This year marks a century since the publication of Sour Grapes by Williams Carols Williams. The previous year, 1920, in the aftermath … Continue reading →

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This Heaven Where We Live As Music

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Rounding out Philip Whalen Month is a previously published succinct and insightful review of The Collected Poems of Philip Whalen by Keith Kumasen Abbott who has authored numerous essay and lectures on the American poet and Zen monk appearing in … Continue reading →

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Hello, I Must Be Going [Part II]

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Hello, I Must Be Going [Part II] Excerpts from Thanks For Asking: The Whalen Journal by Steve Silberman In May of 1993, Michael Wenger at the San Francisco Zen Center contacted Steve and asked him if he … Continue reading →

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Hello, I Must Be Going [Part I]

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Hello, I Must Be Going [Part I] Excerpts from Thanks For Asking: The Whalen Journal by Steve Silberman . In May of 1993, Michael Wenger at the San Francisco Zen Center contacted … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Albert Saijo, Allen Ginsberg, Buddhism, California Poetry, Don Carpenter, Dylan Thomas, Ezra Pound, Gary Snyder, Hartford Street Zen Center, Jack Kerouac, Jack Spicer, Kenneth Rexroth, Neurotribes, outlaw poets, Philip Whalen, Poetry, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Robert Duncan, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Steve Silberman, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, William Carlos Williams | 2 Comments

The Education of Pat Nolan

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

The Education Of Pat Nolan An Anniversary Memorial for Keith Kumasen Abbott, 1944-2019 By Pat Nolan Paintings by Ivan Suvanjieff In pursuit of the writer’s life with absolutely no clue of what I was doing, I left the Midwest (c.1965) … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alice Notley, Allen Ginsberg, Andrei Codrescu, Blue Wind Press, Buddhism, California, California Poetry, Clifford Burke, Coffee House Press, Gary Snyder, Ivan Suvanjieff, Jack Kerouac, Joanne Kyger, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Kenneth Rexroth, Modern Poetry, outlaw poets, Pat Nolan, Philip Whalen, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poetry Talks, Poets, Richard Brautigan, Ron Padgett, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Steve Carey, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, William Carlos Williams | Leave a comment

Never Apologize, Never Explain, Part II

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

Never Apologize Never Explain, Part II Further Notes on Understanding the Poetry of Philip Whalen By Pat Nolan “Philip was always writing, always reading, and whenever possible playing music.” —Gary Snyder, Preface to The Collected … Continue reading →

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The Poet As Cynic

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Nuallain House, Publishers

The Poet As Cynic Carl Wendt, poet and literary factotum, still adjusting to being awarded the megabucks Dorian Pillsbury Prize in Poetry, finds himself hitchhiking along a deserted Northern California backroad highway. Excerpt from Ode To Sunset A Year In … Continue reading →

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This Is How Legends Begin

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Nuallain House, Publishers

I strove with none, for none was worth my strife. Nature I loved, and, next to nature, Art; I warm’d both hands before the fire of Life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. —Walter Savage Landor Recollections, appreciations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry Society | Tagged Alice Notley, Basho, Blaise Cendrars, Buddhism, California, California Poetry, Chines Painting, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese Poetry, Clark Coolidge, Clifford Burke, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, Keith Kumasen Abbott, Kenneth Rexroth, Maureen Owen, Modern Poetry, New York City, outlaw poets, Philip Whalen, Poetry Blogs, Poetry Lectures, Poetry Lessons, Poetry Society, Poets, Richard Brautigan, Ron Padgett, Russian River, San Francisco, Schools of Poetry, Ted Berrigan, The New Black Bart Poetry Society, The New York School, William Carlos Williams | 2 Comments

Meditation In A Big Cabin

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Nuallain House, Publishers

MEDITATION IN A BIG CABIN It has been fifty years since Ron Padgett’s Great Balls of Fire lit up the poetry sky. In 1969, Padgett’s publication by a mainstream publisher, Holt Rhinehart Winston, was a tremendous breakthrough for a non … Continue reading →

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