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Angela · 10-30-2007, 08:51 PM

I am searching for a poem written by someone from the Beat era, but I can't remember who. I was thinking it was Gary Snyder, Charles Olson, one of those New American Poetry guys (I'm sure it was a male poet) and here are scraps of what I can remember of it:

I wish the mandragora grew wild, screaming
and in the cattails, pussywillows, etc.
wind soft as eastern standard time
wind soft as a soft wind

My internet searches have come to nought. Anybody know?

Jugga J · 10-30-2007, 09:43 PM

try your notebook.

Angela · 10-30-2007, 09:45 PM

It's possible that my memory is fogged by the chemicals I was ingesting during that period, but I'm pretty sure I didn't write that poem. Someone else must have, and I'd sure like to remember who it was.

Jugga J · 10-30-2007, 09:47 PM

O i see. I'll try to find out!

(now you look stupid)

Angela · 10-30-2007, 09:48 PM

Wait a sec -- you meant to post in that other thread, right? I'm having a flashback.

Jugga J · 10-30-2007, 09:49 PM

Indeed. I'm trying to do everything here! Ah!

trying to eat, translate latin, talk on msn and browse facebook gets kinda confusing when you stick um all together.

cdn2wheeler · 10-30-2007, 11:11 PM

Are you referring to the Gordon Lightfood song, Pu55y Willows, Cat-Tails?

Angela · 10-30-2007, 11:17 PM

No, but it's got some of the same elements! Thanks, but this was definitely a poem as opposed to a song, and it definitely had the phrase "wind soft as eastern standard time" in it.

Lola · 10-30-2007, 11:39 PM

Here you go my dear - you should've thought with the Lola side of your brain!

Quote:

Blue Funk

I wish all the
mandragora grew
wild, screaming.

And in the cattails,
pussywillows, etc.
wind soft as
eastern standard time.

Wind soft as the
last time you
did it. Wind soft
as a soft wind.

I wish we
bathed in the essence of
ginseng, for our health.

I wish eastern standard
time, etc. rang the
changes in our hearts.

~Joel Oppenheimer

cdn2wheeler · 10-30-2007, 11:40 PM

wow... Lola's good.

Are you sure you two weren't twins separated at birth or something?

Lola · 10-30-2007, 11:42 PM

Nope - not twins - we are the very same person. The. Very. Same.

**spooky Halloween smiley posted here**

Angela · 10-30-2007, 11:51 PM

Lola, Lola, Lola.

Of course it would be you who found this for me. Thank you so much!

I can't believe I forgot that line:

"wind soft as the
last time you
did it."

Thanks again.

10-30-2007, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Angela Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 22,520	Poetry experts, please help I am searching for a poem written by someone from the Beat era, but I can't remember who. I was thinking it was Gary Snyder, Charles Olson, one of those New American Poetry guys (I'm sure it was a male poet) and here are scraps of what I can remember of it: I wish the mandragora grew wild, screaming and in the cattails, pussywillows, etc. wind soft as eastern standard time wind soft as a soft wind My internet searches have come to nought. Anybody know?

10-30-2007, 09:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jugga J Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 165	O i see. I'll try to find out! (now you look stupid) Last edited by Jugga J; 10-30-2007 at 09:50 PM.

10-30-2007, 09:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jugga J Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 165	Indeed. I'm trying to do everything here! Ah! trying to eat, translate latin, talk on msn and browse facebook gets kinda confusing when you stick um all together. Last edited by Jugga J; 10-30-2007 at 09:52 PM.

10-30-2007, 11:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
cdn2wheeler Family Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,016	Are you referring to the Gordon Lightfood song, Pu55y Willows, Cat-Tails? Last edited by cdn2wheeler; 10-30-2007 at 11:11 PM. Reason: wouldn't let me type something... why does it do that??

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10-30-2007, 09:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jugga J Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: England Posts: 165	try your notebook.

10-30-2007, 09:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Angela Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 22,520	It's possible that my memory is fogged by the chemicals I was ingesting during that period, but I'm pretty sure I didn't write that poem. Someone else must have, and I'd sure like to remember who it was.

10-30-2007, 09:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
Angela Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 22,520	Wait a sec -- you meant to post in that other thread, right? I'm having a flashback.

10-30-2007, 11:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
Angela Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 22,520	No, but it's got some of the same elements! Thanks, but this was definitely a poem as opposed to a song, and it definitely had the phrase "wind soft as eastern standard time" in it.

10-30-2007, 11:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
cdn2wheeler Family Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,016	wow... Lola's good. Are you sure you two weren't twins separated at birth or something?

10-30-2007, 11:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
Lola Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 679	Nope - not twins - we are the very same person. The. Very. Same. spooky Halloween smiley posted here

10-30-2007, 11:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
Angela Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 22,520	Lola, Lola, Lola. Of course it would be you who found this for me. Thank you so much! I can't believe I forgot that line: "wind soft as the last time you did it." Thanks again.

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