GREEK TO ME 

by Michael Wolfe

The classical Greek remix that underscores 

these poems serves as both a reference & a 

backbeat to the lyric resilience of the poet's

voice.  Time is a measure, as is timelessness, 

& Michael Wolfe's wristwatch is also a sun- 

dial.  In these verses the light in the dark 

& the dark in the light create a stunning

chiaroscuro, leaving you with the feeling 

that you've returned to a place you've  

never been before. 

2012.  5.25” x 8”, hand-stitched. 

$10.00

BOLINAS POEMS 

by Jim Carroll

Poet Jim Carroll, who died in September 2009,

moved to the small counterculture enclave of

Bolinas, California in 1973 and lived there for 5

years.  Bolinas during that time was home to a

remarkable number of poets, including Joanne

Kyger, Lewis MacAdams, Robert Creeley, Duncan

McNaughton and Bill Berkson, to name a few.  Of

his time in Bolinas Jim said “I was a total recluse,

just using the landscape”  He was also attempting

to kick heroin.  The 10 previously uncollected

poems now published under the title Bolinas Poems

were written during this time.  They offer a lyric

window that opens and shuts on a landscape that

is both external and internal.  These are tough,

beautiful and essential poems by one of the

purest poets to ever snap off a rhyme.

Cover photo by Mary K. Greer.

2010.  5.25” x 8”, hand-stitched. 

$15.00

COSTANZA

by Bill Berkson

A three page poem that hinges upon a visit to the Getty Museum & the portrait bust of Costanza Bonuccelli by Gianlorenzo Bernini

that the poet never gets to see.  There is an amazing Cendrars-like song quality to the poem, to my ear at least, with historic short-hand digressions & lyric somersaults.  A brilliant work.  Also included are Berkson’s “Notes on the Poem”. 

2010.  7” x 8”, hand-stitched.  $10.00

SPINNING THE DIAL 

by Edward Ainsworth

The story behind the story like the pipes

of redemption, with the crackle of old vinyl

or the pop of a damaged CD, yet lifted from

there in this extended set of short poems

sung to the static of a heart beating right on

time.  The goof & wonder of it as the lyric

segue preempts the contraband cell phone

while the clincal diagnosis takes 12 steps back,

turns on a dime, & queues up Louie-Louie on

the iPod.  Cover by Kevin Opstedal.

2010.  5.25” x 8”, hand-stitched. 

$10.00

$7.00

5.25" x 8", saddle-stapled.  $7.00

WORLD AT LARGE

by Donald Guravich

These poems range from Canadian backwoods snow

flurry epiphanies, small town political union hall & strip

mall generosity (with telepathic details carefully

measured), to red dust Mexican incantations, all with

clear-eyed lyric precision. 

 

             World at large

                     gets larger       Door opens

          so large it disappears

 

A beautiful collection, augmented with elegant line

drawings by the poet, World at Large is published in

a limited edition of only 175 copies. 

2011.  7” x 8.5”, hand-stitched. 

$15.00

Known for his brilliant short prose pieces as published in the books Early Morning Wind, Wild Cherries, and Diamonds, Dale Herd is a

meticulous recorder of the language we move around in, and he possesses the skill and the guts to take it all the way.  His underground novel Dreamland Court is simply a masterpiece.  Written in the 70’s, 80's and 90's, and never published, the novel is a collection of monologues that often overlap so that they occur simultaneously on the page.  The effect is totally Rashomon.  This Blue Press edition prints the first chapter of the novel.  It provides a tantalizing peek into the swirling maelstrom of voices that inhabit Dreamland Court. 

Cover photographs by Dale Herd.

2010.  5.25” x 8”, hand-stitched.  $10.00

PARADISE: READING NOTES 

by Michael Wolfe

These thirteen poems patiently invent a primary language of intelligence, grace, & expectation.  Whatever dances around the next corner, the light & the dark of it intertwined.  Clear as a bell jar ringing on the ocean floor. 

Cover image by Pamela Dewey.

2010.  5.25” x 8”, hand-stitched.  $10.00

DRINKING & THINKING

by F.A. Nettelbeck

Outrageous, sad, funny, courageous, this collection of a dozen poems are pure unadulterated Nettelbeck.  You can peg him as a latter-day beat, an underground hero, a mad wordsmith, a booze-driven shaman, but all that really matters is that this man is one hell of a poet.  Get this book & set fire to your mind.

Cover photograph by F.A. Nettelbeck.

2010.  5.25” x 8”, hand-stitched.  $10.00

 

stitched.  $10.

DEJA VOODOO 

by Kevin Opstedal

A seven page poem that rocks within

a subliminal narrative, studded with the

neon-drenched imagery of a road trip down

the scenic route to nowhere.

Cover by Pamela Dewey.

2010.  5.25” x 8”, hand-stitched. 

$10.00