d.a. levy
(10/29/1942 – 11/24/1968)
kisses
we tried to save
pressed in books
like flowers from
a sun warmed day
only
years later to
open yellowing pages
to find those same
kisses – wilted and dry
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taken from ukanhavyrfuckinciti bak
originally collected and edited by rjs and
published by t.l. kryss, GHOST PRESS CLEVELAND, 1967
since d.a. levy rejected copyright as “copyrot,” you may freely reproduce and pass on his work
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To view an inspired video of Jesus Crisis reading levy’s work please visit
http://crisisblog.crisischronicles.com/2008/07/25/jesus-da-levytates-on-video.aspx
For more d.a. levy, check out the page clevelandmemory.org has devoted to him.
Another excellent resource can be found at www.clevelandpoetryarchive.com
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aint it the truth!
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What a perfect little poem! It reminds me of a Blake poem in one of the Songs (Innnocence? Or Experience? I’d have to go look…) Rose Tho Art Sick.
I’m not sure… I always think of Songs of Innocence and Experience together. That reminds me… I’m missing Blake in the library. What’s wrong with me?
I don’t know… how remiss of you! It is Songs of Innnocence and Experience and then divided within the book and the title of the poem is ‘The Sick Rose.’ (I looked it up.) I wonder if YouTube has a video of ELP singing Jerusalem? My prof in grad school was exasperated that that was all anyone knew of Blake any more, if they even knew that!
I did a Blake blog last November on his 250th birthday – but that was before I had an online library.
I became a fan of Blake before I heard the ELP song (which wasn’t until about 1990). But I’d never read “Jerusalem,” so I didn’t know the lyrics were by Blake until I read his Complete Works in prison. I was quite shocked (but pleased), having assumed for several years that they were penned by Greg Lake.