Lunch Poems - Diane di Prima

World-renowned poet Diane di Prima, one of the preeminent writers to emerge from the Beat generation, wrote in Manhattan for many years before relocating to San Francisco, where she has been for nearly four decades. In addition to raising five children, di Prima has studied photography, collage, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, Sanskrit, and alchemy, all of which inform her intensely lyrical writing. Her 43 books of poetry and prose have been translated into over twenty languages.

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[myysz]

"in the 50ties we were so busy being cool that we didn't know how to say the word love.." haha you are FANTASTIC Ms. Di Prima...be well! :)))

[erosamuk]

41:00

The crystal

He held it

Never stops reflecting

Doesn’t get tired

He turned it

Caught the light

Replaced it in a bowl of rice

His hands trembled slightly

[hermenutic]

Damned sweet. What a wonderful recounting of a life.

[PolexiaAphrodisia]

she was never married to amiri baraka, she just had a child with him - read Hettie Jones's 'How I became Hettie Jones'

[merkmuir]

Haas is great. I have never met anyone who doesn't need his endorsement that has ever taken him seriously.

[Raymantico]

"really fun to read..." English professor--

someone needs to alert him to his own refried crap quotient.

[pala3000]

This series is terrific.