the glade of theoric ornithic hermetica

 “ i sonnecchianti ciclamini . . . a schiudere i loro corallini petali ” +++  [“the slumbering cyclamen . . . unfold their small coral-hued ...

Today’s the 128th anniversary of Harry Crosby’s birth, on June 4, 1898.  And so today I . . . , well, not so much celebrate but commemorate ...

Well well well beauty and the poetic endure:  the backyard Bruce Conner (aka HOMAGE TO JAY DE FEO, by Anonymous)  nearly 20 years (!) here o...

 “There is a sense of adventure and aliveness about the hour of dawn.   Trees are more sharply etched, horizons more distinct,  sensations m...

    Today’s the 98th anniversary of the birth of Philip Lamantia, born in 1927, on Sanchez Street in San Francisco.  And yes I said yes let’...

  Salvatore Quasimodo (Kaw-ZEE-mo-do) was born this day in 1901, in Modica, Sicily.  Salute!   When his first book ( Acque e Terre / Waters...

Harry and Caresse Crosby at desk in library ,  19 Rue de Lille , Paris  Harry Crosby – hey now heads up people today marks the 127th anniver...