by Paul Laurence Dunbar In a bizarre coincidence, I learned that my 100 year old Grandmother just passed away on the same day that I was making this. ERE sleep comes down to soothe the weary...

The Last Alien Astronaut
By Reid Baer

Gravity is the reigning rule
around here outside there inside
here as associations swirl
around my sphere...

Video shot in Bolinas features the hippie-poet and grandfather of the poetry film movement Herman Berlandit. Filmed and edited by George Aguilar

"We won't get lost." He says and I, "Or sink? Or drown?" I trust him. "Hey, we'll have some fun." ("And how did I get into this?" I think.) Our journey cross the river has begun. ("What...

Yes, many castles I have built of sand With shells and wood, the gifts the waves have thrown, Each strong and fast against the sea at hand But in the night the sea reclaims its own. And many...

Your daddy can do many things for you, Yet there is one he can't, it seems. Alone, alone, you must alone Go find the land of dreams. And I have taught you many things, but this May be the...

Oh mighty fallen Titan, once so great, with ancient purple cheeks now cracked by tears, has fatal time so caught thee through the years and kept thy backbone to this rigid state? What art...

"Hmmm! What is this?" Before I heard or saw I caught the subtle scent you wore that day. I noticed it the night I said, "Please stay." You stayed. Each day you filled my heart with awe. ...

My ship is waiting and I have to go. Yes, this is our farewell. I won't say I'll Return, sweet Princess. But I won't forget The fairest of the maids who dropped their veils And laundry baskets...

The ship boards creak. The rigging sings And down my cheeks stream mist and spray. My breath grows fast. My knees feel weak. As fate speeds me away. Her eyes, her lips become her face. The...