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28Outlaw Poetry by Jake Cosmos Aller By Jake Cosmos Aller Outlaw Poetry is apparently a thing. I prefer "Neo-Beatnik" but what the hey, we are talking the same thing. Outlaw Poets is a term used in reference to writers of outlaw poetry, a type of marginal poetry with Beat sensibility often categorized as Spoken Word. Works of several such poets is included in The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry and literary magazine like Zombie Logic Review. Outlaw poets"Outlaw poets" is a term of endearment used in reference to poets whose work is featured in the Outlaw Bible. The following (conspiracy) list of traits is characteristic of such poets as the! leader in russian start with the vol1 "demons contempt" of Carlos ac Libera :Out law poetry ... does not mean to be disobedient, or an outlaw or criminal in poetic ethics; there is no direct sophism but there is no contradiction either;; Outlaw poetry", is still taking its first steps as a vanguard of poetry but is a form of subversive expression, 'which differs from all modes of poetry but is neither playful nor fiction; is a silent expression of crushing the system, the angry cry that is not made in the street, outlaw poetry is wild, natural, appears and has the effect it did not have for an invitation..
The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). ABCDFGHKLMNORSTWThe Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, edited by Alan Kaufman, is an anthology of American underground poets spanning the post-war era to the present day. First published in 1999, the collection features work from several notable poets, including Jack Micheline, Patti Smith, Harold Norse, David Trinidad, Tuli Kupferberg, D.A. Levy, Bob Kaufman, Jim Chandler, Jim Brodey, Daniel Higgs, Jack Kerouac, Bonny Finberg, David Lerner, Richard Brautigan, Allen Ginsberg, Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs, Carlos ac Libera, Ken Kesey, Justin Chin, DianDi Prima, Charles Bukowski, and FrancEyE[1], among others. S.A. Griffin served as a contributing editor. ? S.A. Griffin, Neeli Cherkovski, and Al Martinez (n.d.). "Franceye | Call". Outlaw Poet. Retrieved November 8, 2017. ? ? Kaufman, Alan (1999). The Outlaw Bible of American Poety. Emeryville: Thunder's Mouth Press. p. xxv. ISBN 1560252367 Kaufman, Alan (1999). The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. Emeryville CA: Thunder's Mouth Press. p. vi-viii. ISBN 1560252367. I am proud to be associated with such great writers. !
In Search of America 1975 - Hitchhiking Tales by Jake Cosmos Aller Posted on April 26, 2018 by Monsieur K. -- 1 Comment ? In Search of America 1975 - Hitchhiking Tales When
I was young I
hitchhiked across the USA The
station manager Threaten
to call the cops I
said Wondered
about Salt Lake City Found
I had to buy my booze And
they would mix it for me After
a bloody Mary Saw the Mormon Temple Finally
about 3 pm Ended
up in Cody Wyoming Spent
25 dollars A
band of professional To
Des Moines Slept
outside Drove
me to near Chicago Might
have been Took
it easy She
invited home So
I being foolish And
always regretted Then
on to Chicago Visited friends Hit
the road again And
others Slept
along the way In
truck stops Always
moving And
lots of free weed One
more memorable ride A
middle age creepy looking man He
was he said a dynamite deliverer He
hated a lot of people Looking
at me to confirm I
told him that I lived in New York And
although I might looked Jewish Many
years later I discovered And
I felt a bit of strategic information And
he pulled out some weed But
I believe that he really was with the mob By
Chicago Wanted
a ticket home And
I went home I
learned so much And
now it is too late Of
my hitchhiking tales Lost and Found I
was lost You
walked out of my dreams And
that made all the difference As you entered my life I
was all alone in this cruel world I
did not know what I wanted You
gave me meaning You
gave me love peace
and happiness You
were endlessly fascinating You
were the most beautiful women And
you still are Like
a fine bottle of wine And
you gave me Which
has gotten better And I fell under your
spell And
if you go first Can't
live without you Thus,
is has always been We
are so entangled And that is the way Note: based on a true story which you can read on my blog or in the book, "Dreams and the Unexplainable" published by the Chicken Soup for the Soul publishers in September, 2016. My Mother's History One
day many a year ago She
spoke to me She
was born in hills of North Little Rock The
Cherokees who had ran away Refusniks Rather
than join the rest Her
people disappeared They
did not exist My
history was over And
so, I learned at last That
due to the crimes of politicians My
mother's people Hillbillies
they were called Of
their once glorious past Now
no one knew their name And
they never forgave the new world Forgotten people And
I vowed that if I lived And
I would become a proud And
so, when I am down and out To
live my life And
in so doing It
lives on in me Long
live the Cherokee nation Conversation with Teddy Roosevelt One
morning I woke up in the White House By
a mysterious letter I had received The
letter And
instructed me to go to the white house with the letter And
went through a back door and found myself We
spent the afternoon and evening talking about the future past And we worked out the problems of the world Then
I told him of the future world to come Korea,
Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan And
he spoke of his fears Of
great powerful corporations Turning
everyone into slaves And
that he was determined to fight And
he hoped that it the end I
left That
the special interests ruled the world And
I wondered what had happened Watching Cats Hunt Early
morning The
cats hunt in pairs The
bird flies away And
I think about the cats Such
is life Cats I
often wonder about Cats We
exist to feed them To
save them from their enemies Yes,
cats are an alien species If
we ever encounter an alien civilization We
would then be engaged As
cats and humans would not get along And
we would resent and fear them It is a Gun Situation, Mr. President Mr.
President And
that in Texas if there had been gun controls Mr.
President So
please contemplate this fact In
fact, the reason the U.S. And
33 percent of the world's shooters And
most of them Not
Islamic terrorists So
Mr. President And
do what 90 percent of the public wants And
tell the NRA When
Mr. President And
become a President of the people Prayer Works Dear Speaker Ryan I
want to tell you something And
you and your so-called Christians The
U.S. is flooded with guns Millions
of people don't have health coverage Your
answer You
act as if the gun violence So
here's my prayer for you When
you die And
your friends Where
Satan and his demons That's
my prayer to you I don't Get It Mr.
Speaker Prayer
did not work in Texas. God
if he exists About
the poor people Because
a mad man And
no they were not praying So
my prayer to you Get
off your rear end And
do something That's
a prayer Add
House Speaker Paul Ryan to the list of Republicans offering only
thoughts and prayers in the wake of Sunday's mass shooting in a
Texas church, because taking meaningful action is always off the
table with him and his party. 26
people were murdered while praying. Even Christians ought to admit
that prayer doesn't make a damn bit of difference and their God
will do whatever their God wants to do, even if it means letting
people die in church because a domestic abuser got his hands on a
semi-automatic weapon. Not
that Ryan would ever say that. Instead, he just blamed the "far secular Left" for not getting it. Paul Ryan to "Far Secular Left": After Mass Shootings, "Prayer Works"NOVEMBER 7, 2017 BY HEMANT MEHTA Not that Ryan would ever say that. Instead, he just blamed the "far secular Left" for not getting it. Dear Governor Abbot You
say that you are a Christian And
that evil people will find ways And
that there is nothing the government Why
can't you wake up Thousands
of people die Afraid
to walk outside Will
blow them away And
you and your NRA buddies And
I wonder how Jesus You
Sir are not a Christian "We
have evil that occurs in this world, whether it be a terrorist who
uses a truck to mow down bikers in New York City, whether it be a
terrorist who uses bombs or knives to stab people, or other terrorist
who use vehicles, whether it be in Nice, France, or any other place
in the entire world, who mow down people. Texas Governor: Fight Gun Massacres By 'Working With God' NOVEMBER 6, 2017 BY MICHAEL STONE Texas Governor Gregg Abbott claims prayer and "working with God" is the only way to prevent mass shooting events like the recent church massacre in rural Texas. In a deplorable bit of pandering Abbott said that the proper response to Sunday's shooting is to confront evil through prayer and forge "a stronger connection to God." Governor Abbott said: We have evil that occurs in this world, whether it be a terrorist who uses a truck to mow down bikers in New York City, whether it be a terrorist who uses bombs or knives to stab people, or other terrorist who use vehicles, whether it be in Nice, France, or any other place in the entire world, who mow down people. And I'm going to use the words of the citizens of Sutherland Springs themselves, and that is, they want to work together for love to overcome evil, and you do that by working with God. Most reasonable people reject Abbott's impotent call to prayer and a "stronger connection to God." In a statement concerning the recent Texas church massacre, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that action was rquired: We have a solemn obligation to the victims of Sutherland Springs, Las Vegas, Orlando, Newtown and the many tragic shootings that occur each day to respond not only with prayer and unwavering love, but with action. As for Governor Abbott, his position as a dangerous religious extremist is well established. Last June Abbott signed into law legislation allowing publicly funded agencies to deny non-Christians the ability to adopt a child in need. In addition, in a move meant to shame women who have abortions, the Republican governor of Texas ordered state health officials to add new abortion regulations that would require the burial or cremation of post abortion fetal tissue. Bottom line: Texas Governor Gregg Abbott is a dangerous religious extremist who believes the proper response to Sunday's church massacre is prayer and other efforts to forge "a stronger connection to God." Texas Governor Gregg Abbott (Image via Wikimedia) When will this Madness end - short version Yet
again we turn on the TV An
old man consumed by his own demons And
the cry goes out throughout the land The
usual suspects are rounded up And
there is nothing we can do Guns
are the price of our freedom The
only solution for a bad guy with a gun No,
it's the guns, cry the liberal pundits And
we sit around and argue What
is the sickness in our souls We
are all responsible here The
soulless corporate world The
lack of human connection Nothing
will change There
will be another Las Vegas Two
weeks later the greatest mass shooting in a Church occurred in
Texas Published also in Poetry24 For additional poems from the cosmos check out my blog Https://theworldaccordingtocosmos.com Regards Jake Aller |