If You're Too Open-minded; Your Brains Will

The State Of The World Calls Out For Poetry To Save It.

Poetry Can Change The World, Just Like Any Art Can Change The World, By Changing Consciousness. Of Course This Was The Great Slogan Of The Nineteen Sixites Hippies’ Revolution—enlarge The Area Of Consciousness, Which Quite Often Was Done By Psychedelic Means.

For Even Bad Poetry Has Relevance For What It Does Not Say For What It Leaves Out.

Don't Patronize The Chain Bookstores. Every Time I See Some Author Scheduled To Read And Sign His Books At A Chain Bookstore, I Feel Like Telling Him He's Stabbing The Independent Bookstores In The Back.

We'd Like To Just Write Nothing But Lyric Poetry. The Trouble Is, The Individual Is Going Along Intent On His Own Personal Gratifications And Love Affairs And Financial Affairs And Everything Else. But Loping Alongside Him Is This Fascist Lout Who Keeps Trying To Take Over. And If You Keep Ignoring Him, He Gets Bigger And Bigger, So Every Once In A While The Free Individual Has To Turn Away From His Private Pursuits And Give This Fascist Lout A Few Clouts, And Beat Him Down To Size.