Saturday, March 14, 2026
HAN KANG ~
A Very Small Snowflake
A very small snowflake, you
As if dancing
As if slowly dancing, approach
My face
Instead of falling straight down like all the other snowflakes
Somehow, you spread your wings toward my face
But where did you get to, after that?
I never saw you again.
___________________
Han Kang
from The New Yorker, Feb 16, 2026
translated from the Korean by Maya West
Friday, March 13, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026
HORACE SILVER TONIGHT ~
Horace Silver – piano.... Donald Byrd – trumpet (# 1, 3-6 & 8-10).... Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone (# 1, 3-6 & 8).... Junior Cook – tenor saxophone (# 9 & 10).... Doug Watkins – bass (# 1-8).... Gene Taylor – bass (# 9 & 10).... Louis Hayes – drums.... Bill Henderson – vocals (#10).... ...................................................................... 1. "Cool Eyes" 5:55 2. "Shirl" 4:16 3. "Camouflage" 4:25 4. "Enchantment" 6:22 5. "Señor Blues" 7:01 6. "Virgo" 5:49 7. "For Heaven's Sake" 5:09 8. "Señor Blues" (Alternative take) 6:38 9. "Tippin'" 6:12 10. "Señor Blues" (Vocal version) 6:14 ...................................................................... Recorded - November 10, 1956 (#1-8), June 15, 1958 (#9-10) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
JOSE KOZER ~
Mercurial Motion
Ineffable
translucent
white
becomes
a
baroque
pearl
(alone)
in
the
mirror
as
she
fastens
the
platinum
necklace
an
anniversary
present
behind
her:
it
regains
transparency
a
primary
consition
of
Li
Ching
Chao's
naked
nipples.
I
raise
Chinese
mamoncillos
to
my
mouth,
bite
rind
(nipple)
suck
white
viscous
(nipple)
fruit
I
eat
three
meals
(not
certainly
in
sequence)
three
meals
three
languages:
shark
fin
soup.
Sliced
papaya
(drops
of
lime
juice).
Herring
in
brine
with
dill
and
onion.
I
fasten
(unfasten)
Li
Ching
Chao's
necklace
three
times
a
day
(at
night
three
candles)
(printed
kimono
thrown
on
the
floor)
(slow
caterpillar
progress).
Wandering.
Reverberation.
I
receive
the
immanent
grace
of
Guadalupe
(Li
Ching
Chao)
turned
aside
the
middle
distance
the
(second)
condition
of
primordial
mercury:
transfixed
I'm
aware
(transcribe
it
here)
that
I've
left
on
the
beloved's
neck
the
(third)
trace
of
waterlily
(duckweed)
its
(snow-white)
skin
efflorescence
of
fish.
_________________________
Jose Kozer
translated from Spanish by Mark Weiss
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Monday, March 9, 2026
DIANE DI PRIMA ~
from Loba [She-Wolf]
(as her own fierce imagining of a female Coyote-like presence)
I am a shadow crossing ice
I am rusting knife in the water
I am pear tree bitten by frost
I uphold the mountain with my hand
My feet are cut by glass
I walk in the windy forest after dark
I am wrapped in a gold cloud
I whistle thru my teeth
I lose my hat
My eyes are fed to eagles & my jaw
is locked with silver wire
I have burned often and my bones are soup
I am stone giant statue on a cliff
I am mad as a blizzard
I stare out of broken cupboards
__________________________
Diane Di Prima
Sunday, March 8, 2026
COUNTRY JOE SINGS WOODY ~
Thinking of Woody Guthrie was released in 1969 by Vanguard Records and is the second album of Country Joe McDonald. Everyone needs to own this go to countryjoe.com 1. "Pastures of Plenty" 2:13 2. "Talkin' Dust Bowl" 2:22 3. "Blowing Down That Dusty Road" 2:34 4. "So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)" 3:01 5. "Tom Joad" 7:08 6. "The Sinking of the Reuben James" 2:42 7. "Roll on, Columbia" 3:25 8. "Pretty Boy Floyd" 3:22 9. "When the Curfew Blows" 2:16 10. "This Land Is Your Land" 3:21 Performers Vocals, Guitar, - Country Joe McDonald Guitar - Grady Martin, Ray Edenton, Samuel Charters, Harold Rugg Sitar - Grady Martin Drums - Buddy Harmon Dobro - Grady Martin Bass - Harold Bradley Piano - Hargus "Pig" Robbins
COUNTRY JOE McDONALD ~
C O U N T R Y J O E M c D O N A L D
Country Joe McDonald at Woodstock in 1969.Bear Family Records
1942 ~ 2026
FELA KUTI ALL DAY & NIGHT ~
Open and Close (LP) (1971) Fela Kuti
Songs includes: Open And Close/ Suegbe And Pako / Gbagada Gbogodo
Subscribe ► http://bit.ly/1XsVy99 & Everybody say "Yeah Yeah"
http://fela.net/discography/
This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official YouTube channel ( 
/ fela ) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May.
The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (http://fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
GERTRUDE STEIN ~
from Winning His Way
What is poetry. This. Is poetry.
Delicately formed. And pleasing. To the eye.
What is fame. Fame is. The care of. Their. Share.
And so. It. Rhymes better.
A pleasure in wealth. Makes. Sunshine.
And a. Pleasure. In sunshine. Makes wealth.
They will manage very well. As they. Please. Them.
What is fame. They are careful. Of awakening. The. Name.
And so. They. Wait. With oxen. More. Than one.
They speak. Of matching. Country oxen. And.
They speak. Of waiting. As if. They. Had won.
By their. Having. Made. A pleasure. With. Their.
May they. Make it. Rhyme. All. The time.
This is. A pleasure. In poetry. As often. As. Ever.
They will. Supply it. As. A measure.
Be why. They will. Often. Soften.
As they may. As. A. Treasure.
_____________________________
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
Friday, March 6, 2026
RAFIQ BHATIA ENVIRONMENTS TONIGHT ~
Produced by Rafiq Bhatia Written by Rafiq Bhatia, Ian Chang & Riley Mulherkar Engineered by Todd Carder Mixed by Rafiq Bhatia & Todd Carder Mastered by Alex DeTurk
CID CORMAN IN JAPAN ~
Assistant
As long as you’re here –
would you turn the page?
CID CORMAN
_______________________
One of Kyoto's historic literary spots is about to close. Gregory Dunne wrote a book (Quiet Accomplishment: Remembering Cid Corman) about the poet Cid Corman, and also a profile of this legendary writer for Kyoto Journal. He writes:
"CC’s coffee shop, which belonged to the expatriate American poet Cid Corman will be closing its door for good on February 28. This small but elegant coffee has a significant literary legacy. Over its 50 plus years, it has hosted many a significant poet, including Allen Ginsburg, Philip Whalen and Gary Snyder, to name a few. Cid Corman himself was one of the chief architects of the new American poetry (post war poetry). From Kyoto, he edited the seminal literary magazine Origin. This magazine introduced some of the most innovative poetry being written in English from around the world. It also published poetry in translation, as well as letters from readers and poets, and essays on poetry and art.
Cid Corman’s died in Kyoto in March of 2004. His wife, Shizumi, ran the shop after his death. After she passed away, her sister Sachiko took over the shop and ran it until December of last year. Upon her passing, the youngest sister in the family is now closing down the shop.
I have been to the shop on many occasions. It was a welcoming place. Upstairs on the second floor, poetry readings were occasionally held. Japanese poets, such as Kusano Shimpei and others visited the place and worked with Cid there to translate Japanese poems into English.
The shop played and important and singular role in the story of transpacific poetry. I wish more people were aware of its distinctive legacy."
Cid Corman's books from Longhouse
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