At LAPB2021 we had a poet from Los Angeles and we had a small talk before about ao how to throw a lasso to catch cattle. He told me that he catch many cows in the past. I thought that he was bluffing. So I asked him can you show us how to throw a lasso.…
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In the April Poetry Month we want to visit the following independent bookstores, library, musea, and festivals to promote LAPB, LAPD and Poetry Train 2022. Friday April 1 – New York01. New York City – Public Library Fort Hamilton (9424 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209)– The Bookmark Shoppe (8415 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209) Saturday…
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Columbus, January 8 Happy Deathiversary, I imagine you’d like us writing poems for you. To shake the trees with the breeze of words read aloud. In this you never left. When the flowers return, I’ll pick a Tiger Lily for you. It is my favorite flower, as the symbology means “For once may pride befriend…
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This is the route of Poetry Train 2022. In April we will visit max 5 bookstore a city to get poets in those 60 cities involved City day Miles time (am/pm) depart State 1 Wed 21 Sep 0 6:45 am NY Penn Station NY 2 Wed 21 Sep 10 7:13 am Newark NJ 3 Wed…
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Hereby the Los Angeles Poetry Beach Festival 2021 poetry book ‘Get ready to die’.
Today we arrived in Los Angeles. It was a long ride from NYC. We discovered a lot, we met a lot of wonderfull people on the way. Learn more about it at our twitter feed www.twitter.com/lapoetrybeach
Stations Chicago, IL – Union Station (CHI) Naperville, IL (NPV) Mendota, IL (MDT) Princeton, IL (PCT) Galesburg, IL (GBB) Fort Madison, IA (FMD) La Plata, MO (LAP) Kansas City, MO – Union Station (KCY) Lawrence, KS (LRC) Topeka, KS (TOP) Newton, KS (NEW) Hutchinson, KS (HUT) Dodge City, KS (DDG) Garden City, KS (GCK) Lamar,…
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In 1977, 5 years after Kenneth Patchen passed away, the following poets wrote a poem to commoreate Kenneth Patchen. William Eversonlawrence Ferlinghettihoward SchoenfeldChales Wrey Gardineejames schevilldiane di primaBernard kopsMichael horovitzjoel climenhagahooo manninglars gustav hellstromjonathan clarkediane wald
Today we missed the train to Seattle. That’s why we stay over for a night in Chicago. Tomorrow we will take the Southwest Chief which will leave 2.50 pm from Chicago to Los Angeles, passing through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Amtrak bills the route as one of its most scenic, with views of the Painted Desert and the Red Cliffs of Sedona, as…
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