By Bill Mohr Frank T. Rios, a poet who joined the Venice West poetry scene in the late 1950s and remained one of its most loyal advocates, died early this morning, at […]
Frank T. Rios — Venice West Poet (March 22, 1936 – August 20, 2018)
VENICE LOSES THE LAST VENICE BEAT POET FRANK T. RIOS
By Pegarty Long – Photos by Pegarty Long I first saw Frankie in 1974. Not that I actually spoke with him at that time because he was lying back on a chair, […]
GRAND DAMES AND DIVAS
Sunday July 22, 2018 One Night only! 7:00 PM Jacki Apple and Anna Homler join the fatally fabulous Linda J. Albertano for an evening of performance readings, vocals, and sonic excursions, […]
Internment Haiku
Internment Haiku from “May Sky : There Is Always Tomorrow : An Anthology of Japanese Aerican Concentration Camp Kaiko Haiku.” Compiled, Translated, and Prefaced by Violet Kazue de Cristoforo. ZANSHO MICHI SHIROSHI […]
QUESTIONS ANSWERED ONLINE
QUESTIONS ANSWERED ONLINE by era Q: If you had a time machine that could travel into the past, what era would you visit? A:Hmmm. +Anywhere? Advance scouting would be helpful, history is […]
TROUBLES
– marty liboff (sung to a reggae beat) Troubles here, there and everywhere. A troubled time, a troubled mind a world gone blind. Troubles all around me more and more troubles I […]
I’d Like to Punch Fred Astaire in the Nose
I’d Like to Punch Fred Astaire in the Nose marty liboff I fell in love and gave her a rose she said I’m too short & have a big nose. I saw […]
Yunus Emre
Knowledge should mean a full grasp of knowledge: Knowledge means to know yourself, heart and soul. If you have failed to understand yourself, Then all of your reading has missed its call. […]
vote slides now
vote slides now alan rodman big true blue sky blowing off all those puffy gray clods today some oblivious fool once cast his grim shade bringing down cold rain no ice cream […]
Xianna
Xianna alan rodman * An injury to one is an injury to all. Let us be ones who rise up for some mistreated or forgotten child, and hold a thought for those […]
