As Ever: Selected Poems

As EverForeword by Michael RothenbergIntroduction by David MeltzerThe MazeTapestryThe DanceTapestry"Somewhere you can find reference"12.29 & 30 (Pan as the son Penelope)"A song in the rope""waiting again""They are constructing a craft""It is lonely"Caption for a miniatureMy Sister EvelyneTapestryBurning the Baby to make him realerIliad: Achilles does not die"fragmented. ie several valleys""Look the bird is making plans"The Hunt in the Wood: Paolo Uccello"My father died this spring"Those things we see are images of the past"The persimmons are falling"WaitingThe Odyssey PoemsThe Pigs for Circe in May"She comes up""I didn't want to think"From The Imaginary ApparitionsPlaces to Go I-IV & Here"Dear, Dearest"A NovelMay 29July 21. WeedyThe Tree in the FireDescartes and the Splendor Of"From this moment"Lord GaneshaTuesday, October 28, 1969. BolinasOctober 28, Take It EasierOctober 29, WednesdayOctober 31November 12Thursday, 13 NovemberMonday, November 17Back in Time"Never talk ahead""I walked home & had some soup""This is a Short Story"Joanne"Still"Not Yet"It's been a long time"News bulletin from Keith LampeDesecheo Notebook"The rain""Bird family""This is the way I like to feel the best""I want to point out that I am not up tight""Often I try so hard with stimulants""Utmost Disarray""No one was watching the tortillas""I want a smaller thing in mind""Oft have I wondered and climbed"Trip Out and Fall Back"A small field of tall golden headed grass"September"O fresh day in February""Every day I burn a stick of incense""When I used to focus""This is the first time""I don't believe in any""The far off pine""When I was well into being savored""When I step through the door""In my imaginary conversation""I thought I would never get out here again""It is true""Looking out to the garden fair""It's a great day""Wooden walls""Of all things for you to go away""The apple tree""Chill waves""Throwing a crank""Is this the Buddha?""I don't want to repeat""April 4, 1975 Time of wonder"The Brain Impressed in Its Oddities"I'm going to be a poet"Morning Mess"Bright, sparkling"Saturday Full Moon September"I'd like to magic you on this grand occasion""There are so many letters I would like to write""I am afraid"Silver City OverlayUp My CoastThe Crystal in TamalpaisDestructionVisit to Maya LandThe Wonderful Focus of YouAnd with March a Decade in Bolinas"You believe this stash of writing is 'scholarly?""A few days later at the washtub"The Depressed Ennui before 11 A.M."Stripes of red, black, and gold""Not much time left"My how the days fly by in Life TimeHaiku for Charles Berrard on his 40th Birthday"In my dream last night Deer Lady""Yesterday when Diana drops me off on Evergreen""The Karmapa spoke to me from a center of light"Good Manners"Morning is such a welcome time. It doesn't demand""Dinner at Briarcomb, that Artists' posh retreat"ThanksgivingDecember 25Philip Whalen's HatDay after Ted Berrigan's Memorial ReadingJanuary 12, 1984June 26Monday Afternoon May 14, 1984:"Giverny I am for Gee Verr Nee"Itsy Bitsy Polka Dot ReviewFall EquinoxFrom Phenomenological"Self Loathing & Self Pity""Tuesday May 7"Love BoatYuppy Wittgensteins Arise!Miwok Mandarin Bolinas Bamboo"Ah it's socked in today boys heavy metal""You know when you write poetry you find""Oh Man is the highest type of animal existing""Anything that is created""DARREL GRAY dies when I am in Mexico"Tuesday October 27, '87From the Jataka TalesTake it O Moon on the runNarcissusSaturday February 4February 7 TuesdayFebruary 17 FridayDeath Valley Desert NotesIncense for the Buddha"The sun is about to pass""Haven't I seen you"""Cold"In MemoriamFrom the Life of Naropa"It certainly was divine running into you"Friday NightA Story from Easter: He Has RisenOcean Parkway Gazing"Specially For Your Eyes"Adonis Is Older Than Jesus"Again recognizing""How Does one attain that popular narrative"Town Hall Reading with Beat PoetsWatching TVTerrace Roads slumps into the CanyonI Blinked My Eyes, Looked Up and Everyone Was 25 Years Older—"Replacement Buddhas"Wake UpView NorthBob Marley Night Saturday Downtown"So, well, now,"Snapshot for Lew Welch 25 Years Later"Dear dear little wrentit""You?"Wide MindArthur Okamura's Pipul Tree's Bodhi LeafFirst Nation"I thought, I'll make it so simple"GratefulStupidly InspiredFor the Pittosporum Tenuifolium Outside the Studio WindowIt's SoNaropa approaches his teacher Instruction time againTry"The 'English' sparrows in the courtyard don't know""What you really don't want is some"Your Heart Is FineTo Live in This World AgainI Can't Help It"Whatever It Takes"The DharaniForever and a WhileThe Fog is halfway over the mesaBibliography