WIND WATER EARTH
AND PAINT
AND WORDS
BROWN STREAMS OF MUD
ANTI-MUD
MUD IS LIFE
MUD AS LIFE
WHO IS ANTI-MUD
JERRY FALWELL IS ANTI-MUD
JERRY WHO WILL
FALL
WELL
JERRY AND ALL WHO CARRY SENSERS TO CENSOR
WHO SEARCH THE STREETLIT STREETS
TO SAY CEASE STOP
THIS MIGHT BE LIFE
SOUND AND FREE
THE HOWL OF WINGED CREATURES
THE HOWL OF WRONGED WINGED CREATURES
SINGING THE NIGHT
______________________________________
2) THOUGHT I YOU SAW
YESTERDAY BUT IT
WAS NOT YOU
JUST SOMEONE
HOLDING YOUR FACE
JUST SOMEONE
WEARING YOUR BODY
JUST SOMEONE
BUT NOT You
THIS NOT You
DID NOT KNOW ME
SHE DID NOT HEAR
THE SOUNDS You DO
____________________________________
3) IN MY NEXT FIFTY YEARS
I PLAN TO GROW OLD WITH RAGE
I PLAN TO
HASTEN AND WITHER
HASTEN AND WITHER
RETURN TO EARTH
WITH A THUNCH AND A CRUNCH
WITH AQ
THUNCH AND A CRUNCH
______________________________
4) PETER PAINTS A
LANDSCREAM OF DEATH
AND LIFE
FULL OF DIRT
PRE-MUD
UNLIKE THE MOST OF US
HE EMBRACES DIRT/PRE-MUD/POST MUD
NOT AFRAID
TO GET HIS
MINDS DIRTY
BOB SMALL-REVISED ON 5-2-01 FROM 5-1-01 PAFA
Pa. Academy of Fine Arts
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About bobsmall1
Bob Small has read at Bacchanal, Barnes and Noble, Borders,
The Booksource (Swarthmore), The Clark Park Festivals,Community College of Philadelphia
Highwire Gallery, The Mad Poets Annual Food Fest Reading,
The Middle East Restaurant, Nexus GalleryThe Painted Bride Arts Center,
The Philadelphia Ethical Society, Robin's Bookstore
The University of Pennsylvania and also in New York City,
Trenton, NJ, Washington, DC, and in many Delaware Valley Venues.
He is the author of numerous chapbooks, including
El Otro Lado (with Maralyn Lois Polak), On watching America Die,
Small Steps and Toes (with Lamont B. Steptoe), and The Unapoet.
This is his first Reading in over a year.
Bob Small was Founder and President of the
two decades old Poets and Prophets,
which presented Poetry Readings
in both Delaware County and Philadelphia.
Bob was the Chair of The Delaware County Green Party and was the
First Green Party Candidate in Delaware County (2005).
He was also a Green Party National Delegate, among other duties.
He is the Founder and Facilitator of
The Pennsylvania Ballot Access Coalition (PaBac),
which is a Coalition of both Independents and Third Parties.,
seeking to legislatively improve Pennsylvania's Ballot Access Laws. (Facebook)
Bob is also a founding member and
Facilitator of Democracy Unplugged, and Delco Debates,
which has presented Independent and Third Party Forums in Delaware County since 2004. Facebook)
He was formerly involved with Cinema Resistance, and Delco Pledge of Resistance.
Bob currently lives in Swarthmore with his wife
and their menagerie of animals.
He is currently focused on writing a Novel and organizing his Poetry, which he posts on his Blog (Bob Small1). He is retired from most of the above activities, except Delco Debates and Poets and Prophets, which he may return to.
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