R.I.P., Robert Creeley

[fflo]

Just saw from susanstinson's post that somebody else just died besides the Story of the Month.



Later I would be more broadly into the work of the Black Mountain poets, but when I first "discovered" Robert Creeley it was through the following (probably much anthologized) poem, which remains one of my favorites:

I Know a Man

As I sd to my
friend, because I am
always talking, -- John, I

sd, which was not his
name, the darkness sur-
rounds us, what

can we do against
it, or else, shall we &
why not, buy a goddamn big car,

drive, he sd, for
christ's sake, look
out where yr going.

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I heard it read in some old 16mm film my college library had, but I can't remember who read it. I just love those little thrown-in, haphazardly placed "because I am always talking" and "which was not his name" phrases.