The Roker’s Song, 1943
Bar on the West Coast of South Africa In a hole in the wall bar on the west coast of South Africa, a man is found with a poem inked in flesh… ‘The Roker’s Song’ In a hole in the Read More …
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Greasy Joan Doth Keel the Pot
Winter When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk comes frozen home in pail, When Blood is nipped and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the Read More …
The Perfect High, 1856
The Perfect High There once was a boy named Gimmesome Roy. He was nothing like me or you. ’Cause laying back and getting high was all he cared to do. As a kid, he sat in the cellar, sniffing airplane Read More …
I have spread my dreams under your feet, 1931
“I have spread my dreams under your feet; / Tread softly because you tread on my dreams” —W. B. Yeats, “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” Peasants – Diego Rivera c.1931
Annabel Lee, 1917
Annabel Lee It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Read More …
The Knocker’s
“Through cobbled streets so cold and damp The Knocker-Upper man goes creeping Tap-tapping at the window pane To wake the town from sleeping. He said “Eh thee up and stir thi’self The factory ooter’s blowin’ So get up from your Read More …
The Old Cob Pipe, 1912
Mountains of corn cobs waiting for being transformed into pipes. The cobs are stored for two years. Aging makes the cobs harder and dryer. The Missouri Meerschaum Pipe Co The Old Cob Pipe Why do I stick to the Read More …
Hemp: The Prison Pounding, 1798
“Poor pilgrims blithe and jolly, in penance for past folly.” -Seceders in limbo -Vagabonds made useful. 1798 etching Hemp: The Prison Pounding As I’ve discussed in my earlier story ‘The Poor House’ (link to the story here ), many institutions Read More …
Love is as a Fever, 1905
“My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease, Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill, Th’ uncertain sickly appetite to please.” – William Shakespeare, sonnet 147 Lehnert & Landrock – Tunisian Read More …
Humane Hemp
“He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise.” -William Blake 1920 ‘Buddhist Flapper’ in themed photoshoot Humane Hemp In Japan, hemp Read More …