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The other day at the Dan Kane Garden event, Larry Smith read buddhist poems from his book Songs of the Woodcutter of poetry by Wang Wei, Ryokan, along with a piece by Cleveland poet d.a. levy, accompanied by Monte Page on the flute. Please click the title of this post to visit Dr. Smith's page for a chronology of the short, but prolific life of d.a. levy. An excerpt from Tombstone as a Lonely Charm, which will be part of a video documentary of the Cleveland poet's life that Smith, Markk Kuhar, and Tom Koba are creating. To be read as a letter:

i have nothing to say/ in all this darkness/ everyone runs from/ words that carry light/ from the closed doors/ of the mind . . . . if you want a revolution/ return to your childhood/ and kick out the bottom/ don't mistake changing headlines for changes/ if you want freedom/ don't mistake circles/ for revolutions/ think in terms of living/ and know/ you are dying/ & wonder why/if you want a revolution/ learn to grow in spirals/ always being able to return/ to your childhood/ and kick out the bottom/ . . . . if you want a revolution/ do it "together"/ but don't get trapped in/ words or systems/ people are people/ no matter what politics/ color or words they use/ & they all have children/ buried in their head . . . / walk down the streets/ & flash light at yourself.

Obviously, something about the poem rang true with others too.