I wouldn’t write at all if it weren’t
for myriad writers before me whose works showed me what was possible. The poems
of this series are small offerings of respect, of thanks, to those muses. –
Brian Beatty
Edward Dorn
In a dream once I took
a train
journey hobo-style up
over mountains.
My trip west ended in
California out in the desert
where I befriended
cowboys with no use for horses or guns
and, of course, stoner
show business types high as the stars in the sky.
Like most
revolutionaries you read about in books
we dared to secede but
failed to succeed.
So far, anyway. So
far.
– Brian Beatty
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Brian's recent collections of poetry are Dust and Stars: Miniatures and Brazil, Indiana.
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This is also my tribute to Cholla Needles and Space Cowboy. I'm forever grateful for their interest in my work.
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