“gilgamesh waits” ZJC (2008)
In the oldest poem, in The Epic of Gilgamesh, the warlord of the city Uruk, the part-man part-god Gilgamesh, has become a tyrant. His people suffer and cry to Heaven for justice and Anu, father of all, hears them and instructs Aruru, mother of creation, to:
“go and create
a double for […]
I am falling in love with static; that terrible hiss and pop on the radio one hears in-between stations. If you examine the lives so many people who have, through sheer force of ego and alcohol alone, given us so much art that resembles static in shape and sound, it is a wonder why […]
“dream of the guitar” ZJC (2008)
One of the draw backs of the book I have put out is that it is not a bilingual edition. It is wholly in English. I am not as knowledgeable as I should be with copyright law but there is debate as to how much of Garcia Lorca’s […]
“federico: another age” ZJC (2008)
I have been working on a version of Federico Garcia Lorca’s famous poem, Romance Sombambule, or, roughly translated, The Sleepwalker Ballad. Several friends have looked at it and said that it was a good attempt. I must give thanks to France Isabelle, Shirley, Mistletoe
and Elle! You all gave […]
“i’d make a great crow” ZJC (2008)
Have you ever searched for a friend on mydeathspace? Not to be morbid but I have a history of people disappearing from my life suddenly, without notice. What has happened? One day you’re chatting like normal and all of a sudden you realize it has […]