di Prima, Diane 2007
…O suck
the air w/ punctured lungs
& call it singing
I tell you grace is what the cannibal
names his dinner
– Diane di Prima, “Fuck You, John Calvin”
Broadside of “Fuck You, John Calvin” by Diane di Prima
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Watch Diane di Prima read poetry at the Mission Cultural Center in San Francisco:
Mission Cultural Center Celebrate Diane di Prima
San Francisco poets and artists gathering for a special poetry reading to celebrate Diane di Prima, San Francisco new Poet Laureate. Roberto Vargas and Nina Serrano were the main organizers of this very successful community event that included the participation of three former San Francisco Poets Laureates: Jack Hirschman, Janice Mirikitani, and Devorah Major.
you are my bread
and the hairline
noise
of my bones
you are almost
the sea
– Diane di Prima, “The Window”
Audio recording of the Poetry Center Reading Series featuring Tom Raworth, Diane di Prima, Kimiko Hahn, Eugene Gloria, Patricia Smith, Luis Rodriguez, Robert Bly, Brian Turner, Bruce Weigl, Tyehimba Jess, A. Van Jordan, Arielle Greenberg, Billy Corgan, Franz Wright, Czeslaw Milosz, Louise Glück, and Alicia Ostriker.
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He has built altars beside my bed
I awake in the smell of his hair & cannot remember
his name, or my own.
– Diane di Prima, “An Exercise in Love”
Vintage poster of Poetry in Motion: a film by Ron Mann with Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, John Cage, Robert Creeley, Diane Di Prima, Kenward Elmslie, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Ed Sanders, Gary Snyder, Tom Waits, Anne Waldman at the Poetry Center of Chicago.
