Ford at Cascade Park (by Alex Gildzen)

Ford at Cascade Park
by Alex Gildzen

Dad’s old Chevy
wd slow   burp   stop
then the magic

that car wd seem
to float thru the water
to the other side

in my middle years
I’d cross the ford again
in my mind

boy’s trip forward
becomes
man’s journey back

just as the river
never stops
I’m always crossing


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“Ford at Cascade Park” comes from Alex Gildzen’s chapbook Elyria: Point A in Ohio Triangle, published as CC#4 in 2009 by Crisis Chronicles Press.  For a copy of the chapbook, send $5 to Crisis Chronicles Press, 420 Cleveland Street, Elyria, Ohio 44035. Or use PayPal:

Other recommended Gildzen books include The Arrow That Is Hollywood Pierces The Soul That Is Me (2011, Otoliths), Outlaw Dreams (2008, Green Panda Press) and The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 (1986, North Atlantic Books).

You may also visit Gildzen’s blog: http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com
read his biography: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~takis/AGBio.htm
peruse his papers: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/gildzen.html
and view several more of his videos: http://youtube.com/user/gildzen

Tom Mahl Reminds Me (by Alex Gildzen) – video

Alex Gildzen reads his poem “Tom Mahl Reminds Me” in Elyria, Ohio.

“Tom Mahl Reminds Me” comes from Gildzen’s chapbook Elyria: Point A in Ohio Triangle, published in 2009 by Crisis Chronicles Press.

Other recommended Gildzen books include The Arrow That Is Hollywood Pierces The Soul That Is Me (2011, Otoliths), Outlaw Dreams (2008, Green Panda Press) and The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 (1986, North Atlantic Books)

You may also visit Gildzen’s blog: http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com
read his biography: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~takis/AGBio.htm
peruse his papers: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/gildzen.html
and view several more of his videos: http://youtube.com/user/gildzen

All in the Eye (by Alex Gildzen) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RLpk0tqmKI

Poem by Alex Gildzen recorded on 21 July 2010 in Cleveland, Ohio
to celebrate the Terminal Tower’s 80th anniversary that summer

“All in the Eye” comes from Gildzen’s work-in-progress Ohio Triangle, forthcoming in 2014 from Crisis Chronicles Press.

For more Gildzen, check out his Outlaw Dreams (2008) and Beth (2009) from Green Panda Press, as well as his The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 (1986, North Atlantic Books).

You may also visit Gildzen’s blog: http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com
read his biography: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~takis/AGBio.htm
peruse his papers: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/gildzen.html
and view several more of his videos: http://youtube.com/user/gildzen

Tracing the Places of d.a. levy (by Alex Gildzen) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGun47KdM1Y

Poem by Alex Gildzen recorded on 21 July 2010 at Whitehaven Memorial Park in Mayfield Village, Ohio.

“Tracing the Places of d.a. levy” comes from Gildzen’s work-in-progress Ohio Triangle, forthcoming in 2014 from Crisis Chronicles Press.

For more Gildzen, check out his Outlaw Dreams (2008) and Beth (2009) from Green Panda Press, as well as his The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 (1986, North Atlantic Books).

You may also visit Gildzen’s blog: http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com
read his biography: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~takis/AGBio.htm
peruse his papers: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/gildzen.html
and view several more of his videos: http://youtube.com/user/gildzen

For more d.a. levy, please visit http://www.clevelandmemory.org/levy

Victor Kilian Haunts Forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese (by Gildzen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDW4jNYyo9k

Video features Alex Gildzen reading on 9 May 2009 at The Lit in Cleveland, Ohio, during
Tres Versing the Panda: Three Days of Poetry Soiree.  Filmed by Jesus Crisis.

 Event sponsored by Green Panda Press (Cleveland Heights) and The Temple, Inc.

“Victor Kilian Haunts Forecourt of Grauman’s Chinese” comes from Gildzen‘s work in progress
The Arrow That Is Hollywood Pierces the Soul That Is Me

For more Gildzen, check out his Outlaw Dreams (2008) and Beth (2009) from Green Panda Press
as well as his The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 (1986, North Atlantic Books)

You may also visit Gildzen’s blog: http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com
read his biography: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~takis/AGBio.htm
view his videos: http://youtube.com/user/gildzen and even
peruse his papers: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/gildzen.html

Richard Carlson Gives Elizabeth Short a Charm Bracelet (by Gildzen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKtM2UdzWvk

Video features Alex Gildzen reading on 9 May 2009 at The Lit in Cleveland, Ohio, during
Tres Versing the Panda: Three Days of Poetry Soiree.  Filmed by Jesus Crisis.

 Event sponsored by Green Panda Press (Cleveland Heights) and The Temple, Inc.

“Richard Carlson Gives Elizabeth Short a Charm Bracelet” comes from Gildzen‘s work in progress
The Arrow That Is Hollywood Pierces the Soul That Is Me

It first appeared in Gildzen’s Green Panda Press chapbook Beth (2009)

For more, please check out his Outlaw Dreams (2008, Green Panda Press)
& The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 (1986, North Atlantic Books)

You may also visit Gildzen’s blog: http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com
read his biography: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~takis/AGBio.htm
view his videos: http://youtube.com/user/gildzen and even
peruse his papers: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/gildzen.html

Marie Prevost Feeds Her Dog (by Alex Gildzen) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7N7ZySBxcU

Video features Alex Gildzen reading on 9 May 2009 at The Lit in Cleveland, Ohio, during
Tres Versing the Panda: Three Days of Poetry Soiree.  Filmed by Jesus Crisis.

 Event sponsored by Green Panda Press (Cleveland Heights) and The Temple, Inc.

“Marie Prevost Feeds Her Dog” comes from Gildzen‘s work in progress
The Arrow That Is Hollywood Pierces the Soul That Is Me

For more Gildzen, check out his Outlaw Dreams (2008) and Beth (2009) from Green Panda Press
as well as his The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 (1986, North Atlantic Books)

You may also visit Gildzen’s blog: http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com
read his biography: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~takis/AGBio.htm
view his videos: http://youtube.com/user/gildzen and even
peruse his papers: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/gildzen.html

Anderson Lawler Cuts in on Leonard Hanna Dancing with Lois Wilson (by Alex Gildzen) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-cbAljx0xU

Video features Alex Gildzen reading on 9 May 2009 at The Lit in Cleveland, Ohio, during
Tres Versing the Panda: Three Days of Poetry Soiree.  Filmed by Jesus Crisis.

 Event sponsored by Green Panda Press (Cleveland Heights) and The Temple, Inc.

“Anderson Lawler Cuts in on Leonard Hanna Dancing with Lois Wilson” comes from Gildzen‘s
The Arrow That Is Hollywood Pierces the Soul That Is Me (a work in progress)

For more Gildzen, check out his Outlaw Dreams (2008) and Beth (2009) from Green Panda Press
as well as his The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 (1986, North Atlantic Books)

You may also visit Gildzen’s blog: http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com
read his biography: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~takis/AGBio.htm
view his videos: http://youtube.com/user/gildzen and even
peruse his papers: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/gildzen.html

Charlie Chaplin Purchases Clara Kimball Young’s Undies (by Gildzen) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DStmNP4F_7k

Video features Alex Gildzen reading on 9 May 2009 at The Lit in Cleveland, Ohio, during
Tres Versing the Panda: Three Days of Poetry Soiree.  Filmed by Jesus Crisis.

 Event sponsored by Green Panda Press (Cleveland Heights) and The Temple, Inc.

“Charlie Chaplin Purchases Clara Kimball Young’s Undies” comes from Gildzen‘s
The Arrow That Is Hollywood Pierces the Soul That Is Me (a work in progress)

For more Gildzen, check out his Outlaw Dreams (2008) and Beth (2009) from Green Panda Press
as well as his The Avalanche of Time: Selected Poems 1964-1984 (1986, North Atlantic Books)

You may also visit Gildzen’s blog: http://arroyochamisa.blogspot.com
read his biography: http://internet.cybermesa.com/~takis/AGBio.htm
view his videos: http://youtube.com/user/gildzen and even
peruse his papers: http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/faculty/gildzen.html