DIANE DI PRIMA from FRIED CHOES COOKED DIAMONDS

[PhotonDrive]

War, war against the academics! Criticism, except self - is death! Freedom jumps to insanity/ but Berries jump from bridges! Fight, Fight, Flight against the Wars: Babies blown up - but the lie sweepers never mention - under the smooth carpet of twisted reason! The Love Peace Army NEVER QUITS! Armed with only passion, it rips the guts out of the stick killers, whose order warps into dysfunction, and fades quick in incredulity.

Dianne - we love'ya!

[MLBK2008]

diane di prima is a truly amazing poet. finding her work, her memoirs, opened my eyes to history and writing i wish i'd known much earlier.

if you want to know more about her check out my video - i am making a film about her.

Coming To Terms With Impermanence (SAMPLE)

[merkmuir]

from 11Frod11:

"I don't understand what you're getting at. Poetry and art are beyond any criticism or praise."

Please tell me you're kidding.

[bestiality]

haha who takes the time to actually look up a diane di prima poetry reading only to rag on it, ahahaha!

also, im thoroughly enjoying merkmuir's continuing Youtube vendetta against the Beat generation, I've seen him copy-paste that message on about several videos now.

no seriously, thanks for posting that, i might have been seduced by kerouac's disembodied poetics had it not been for your caution

[merkmuir]

Once again, here is the all-inclusive list of all the great poets who have passed through the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics:

[Gammaraydon]

I love that poem!! I really wish the video had shown her reading the end of the poem though, it is my favorite part...revolution being love spelt backwards...

Great video, thanks...

[dantown1]

Poem:White folks,like myself,write insufferable dreck:Diane di Prima is hypnotized like an insect.The leftover hippies have no cultural values to communicate to their children.The Boulder Buddhist hippies have denatured:poetry,culture,histo­ry,politics,

religion

-and most importantly:joy.The damaged neurons of hippies have killed all that is worthwhile.Therefore,it's all Ronald Reagan's fault.

[volpe1970]

well, number one she is not really white, she is sicilian/southern italian. Number two she predates hippies by over a decade. Number three she is not from boulder she lives in san francisco. number four she is my mom and you are quite off base in your assertion that she communicated no cultural values to us. If I had no cultural values, I'd be rich by now instead of sacrificing material success for a deeply cultural education. Vaffanculo!!

[dantown1]

So,cultural values not transferred by mom=wealth? That makes sense.I like your lack of education. It's refrshing.

[volpe1970]

Lack of education? MA Italian Lit. 3.92 GPA? Sorry, I didn't go on to get a doctorate. Yes, I find that many wealthy people lack culture and cultural values. They just steal culture from the underclasses.

[dantown1]

So Volpe, when you say she is " not really white", you are really saying," she is not GOOD enough to be white? What kind of racism is that?

[volpe1970]

I mean she is not a WASP. Have a nice day.

[dantown1]

Peace be with you. And with your spirit. I mostly disagree with the whole Boulder Poetry Scene. it's kinda fake.Boulder is such a joke. I do not wish to attack you and your fine mother. Please be well. Forget I ever said anything. You are blessed to have a fine fine mother.Thanks for teaching me an Italian curse word.I hope I never use it.

[11Frodo11]

I don't understand what you're getting at. Poetry and art are beyond any criticism or praise.

[dantown1]

Bad poetry is,at least.

[wmmars]

beautiful mind. beautiful spirit. wondrous poet.

[ontheroad50th]

She is a wonderful poet. I'm a writer and I've always wanted to meet her. I collect Beat writings and I have some of her work. I recommend reading her and the other Beats.

[Celloluv]

Thanks so much, I read so many of her books.

[mrmjdinosaur]

'The only war that matters is the war against the imagination.All other wars are subsumed in it'. Di Prima is a fierce living Dakini and living treasure.Power to the imagination!