A great reading tonight in Lawrence at the 6 Gallery (an art gallery). It was wonderful seeing Ali read. Before the reading I stopped by The Dusty Bookshelf, one of my favorite used bookstores. I walked away with copies of "POASIS: Selected Poems 1986-1999" by Pierre Joris, Elizabeth Jennings "Collected Poems", Michel Butor "Frontiers", Vicente Aleixandre "A Bird of Paper" & Nguyen Duy "Distant Road." Ate dinner at a decent italian restaurant that took over the superior Mass. Street Deli & then went to Borders (which apparently now closes at ten every single night, even on the weekend!) where I bought "Skid" by Dean Young. A fantastic night, it would be a perfect end to an already wonderful week, except tomorrow looks promising as well.
"Our potentials are asleep
in hearts that suffer from halfheartedness.
Our potentials are asleep
in brains filled with arrogance.
Our potentials are asleep
in eyes dulled and hard as crystal glass.
Our potentials are asleep
in ears hot with inflammation.
Our potentials are asleep
in noses too stuffy to smell the sweet fragrance.
Our potentials are asleep
in skins too lazy to feel.
Wake up, wake up
every cell, every organ of sense.
Especially, please pay special attention,
wake up to the voluble nature of the tongue..." excerpt from "Wake, Wake Our Sleeping Potentials" by Nguyen Duy
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