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No poet can survive without Rothenberg’s anthologies…but not enough attention has been given to his liquid silver locks. from “Child of an Idumean Night” (1968) 1 I, the fat god I, the good gardener Deposit me in your heart & go to war gaily Be a singer to Philistia & carry an American flag to the border O Jerusalem O city of mechanics Covered with hair of fire Beard against beard A row of tigers stands there Be holy, I say Write on water Become the first architect, be Father of your race & let men fuck your beard hair collection site: home of Hiromi Ito & Harold Cohen, Encinitas, CA date: March 25, 2012

No poet can survive without Rothenberg’s anthologies…but not enough attention has been given to his liquid silver locks.

from “Child of an Idumean Night” (1968)

1

I, the fat god

I, the good gardener

Deposit me in your heart

& go to war gaily

Be a singer to Philistia

& carry an American flag

to the border

O Jerusalem

O city of mechanics

Covered with hair of fire

Beard against beard

A row of tigers stands there

Be holy, I say

Write on water

Become the first architect, be

Father of your race

& let men fuck your beard

hair collection site: home of Hiromi Ito & Harold Cohen, Encinitas, CA

date: March 25, 2012

Posted on April 6th, 2012
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