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VERSE / Larry Piltz : The Gulf

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from illusion360.The Gulf “The water was fouled at once,but they drank it none the less,a mess of mud and blood”– Thucydides Oil on the waterblood on the sandscruel and unusualbig business planseleven souls dyingthen millions moreof fellow live beingsdamn … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : We’re Focused in Going Forward

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Piggy Banker.” Painting © Zina Saunders 2009. We’re Focused In Going Forward (a song) We’re focused in going forwardhoping we’re not moving backwardthat our dreams are not shatteredand we’re doing things that matter We have a laser-eye viewof what we … Continue reading →

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Larry Piltz : Richard Bowden is an Instrument for Peace

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Richard Bowden, organizer of the Million Musicians March for Peace, plays with Leeann Atherton at the Rag Blog Benefit Bash and Albert Einstein 131st Birthday Party at Jovita’s, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Photo by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.Richard … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : You Asked Us To Believe

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“Library” by Bernard Zackheim, 1933. Detail from a mural at the Coit Tower in San Francisco. It was part of a series of murals produced under the auspices of the New Deal’s Public Works Art Project. The massive effort stirred … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : The Sage, the Sophist, and Some Populists

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

“The Wise Man” by Jim Warren / Jim Warren Studios. New Perfection(The Sage, the Sophist, and Some Populists) The sage saysthe world is perfectalready arrivedyet arriving stilland drifts backinto meditation The sophist explainsthat perfection is the standardby which we need … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : A Poem of Judicial Atrocity

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Corporate zombie. Photo by Ian MacLellan / MacLellan Images. The Sniff Test[A poem of judicial atrocity] The corporate zombie creatureraises a misshapen nostrilout of the feudal muck,smells air sweet enough to fouland emerges uncontrite,lunging onto stolid groundthe mud beneath it … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : From God’s Lips to Yours

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“A Marriage Proposal.” Wood engraving by Barnard from an 1877 issue of The Illustrated London News / Old-Print.com. From God’s Lips to Yours Happy New Year! At the calendar’s turn past choice becomes clearas our marriage strolls into its fourteenth … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : In the Opt-Out States of America

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Big digeridoo. Photo from Pihkva.com. I pledge new legions to The Hagueand fresh new lesions to The Plaguefor medicines to moan and begas Corporatocracy humps my legin the Opt-Out States of AmericaRe the Public Option’s widget plansfor bleeding gums and … Continue reading →

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VERSE / Larry Piltz : After Me!

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“Paranoid Face 2” / Art-Visionary. After Me! (for Richard and Thorne) I just don’t know which way to goI just can’t think here on the brinkam I deranged or madif so I’m gladdon’t know what else could feel so bad      the … Continue reading →

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Larry Piltz : These Future Days

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

“A” is for Android / James “Jimbot” Demski / Idiot Box Artwork. These Future Days I’ve got a clock that runs on watermy dog takes Chinese herbsI live next door to my dear wife’s houseand I’m not a bit perturbedmy … Continue reading →

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Larry Piltz : Intimate Resurrection

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Intimate Resurrection I rise from your grave looking for youseven weeks after your passingseven weeks after you were pluckedfrom your cold reposeswaddled in linen and longingpressed tenderly to my cleft breastcarried slowly through the doorsof your life one last timeand … Continue reading →

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POETRY / Larry Piltz : The Wargazaw Ghetto

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

A Volcano for a live event at Ruth Eckard Performing Art Center, with Propane Flames, Cyro Jets and LSG / Zigmont / effectspecialist.com. The Wargazaw Ghettohas towering furnace buildingsthat become exploding volcanosstreaming smoke, fire, and ashupward to Actual Heavena waystation … Continue reading →

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