Aschakery
You say you’re a Poet, kid
I wanna see your age card
your sage card
your rage card
Let’s see your Poetic License
your Egototic License
You say you give good verse
and you give a big Pentameter
and a hairy Haiku
you amaze and daze your
funky furry fierce feline female friends
with your
terse
verse
and straight ahead
1982 Sonnet
Pull on over to the bar and buy yourself a small one
you say your
iambic is manic
and when you smile
no odes are blanmk
not a dry face
in the bar
So this is what it is, kid
Battle of the Net Work Poeteers
Performance as substance
Deadwater, huh?
The show goes on
eve
After the art
leaves
I have dreams of leaves
in my room
open wi dow win dows
in the middle of lazy win ter
you say you
don’t
dream
the cryin’ sidewalk
never rushes up to meet you
But you say you
don’t dream
It takes up too much dream
The year is 1976
The place is Long Island
The name is Phil Ochs
who merely
takes a rope
and hangs himself
Bob Small 11/15/85
from 2-20-84
Notes on Aschakery
This is a Poem dedicated to the Poet Aschak for surviving as a Poet. A younger Poet had been denied access to a Reading at the Bar Bacchanal because he didn’t have an age card.
Aschak said he actually needed to have a sage card and gave me permission to steal that line from him. Poet Lou Mckee said “Good Poets borrow, Great Poets steal”. Lou Mckee
stole that Line. This is a foot note I usually insert when I read this Poem.
Accuracy in Poetry
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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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