Purple and Black - 1972

[mjp]

This is from 1972, vol. 1, no. 1 of Bachy, a perfect bound mag/book put out by Papa Bach bookstore in Los Angeles. Bachy was short lived, and this poem has not been published anywhere else.

 

[Bukfan]

Thanks, mjp! - It's always a treat to read a rare uncollected Buk poem!

 

[chronic]

I remember Papa Bach well. Just down and across the street from the Nuart Theater. A great little bookshop that specialized in left-wing poetics and politics. It was one of the first bookstores in this area to go down due to the mega-bookstore-chains taking over.

 

[Domator]

I just wake up. It's nice to see a new poem at the morning. Thanks!

 

[cirerita]

funny, I've been talking to Bill Mohr -Bachy editor- these days. He also put out a LA anthology book titled POETRY LOVES POETRY featuring eight Buk poems.

 

[HenryChinaski]

that poem is amazing. think we'll ever run out of these unpublished nuggets of delight? i hope they last forever.

 

[mjp]

This is in The People Look Like Flowers At Last. (I'm making note of these appearances in these old threads because I'm moving them out of the unpublished forum.)