The most important question facing poets of today is how well would you do under torture the most important question facing poets today is can you tell shit from ice cream one moment at a time can we change life or only name its parts what's the longest suicide note in history and who read it how many shovels does it take to dig up the bloody heart of the world and start it ticking the most important question for the poets of today is is God just another comic book hero with a fancy resume or something we can meet in person if we have enough nerve are our poems infectious with beauty punishing as they glow shaking the walls of the city or clumsy paper airplanes sailing through the air as it sickens and dies The most important question facing poets today is when morning cracks hard and the gray light stutters through the window and you are afraid when you move effortlessly from last night's nightmare to this morning's headlines can you tell, can you see, have you heart, will we
You can find David Lerner’s hard-hitting published works at Zeitgeist Press.
“Lerner was a broken-down saint if there ever was one. He was an eloquent screamer, a soft-spoken rageoholic, a madman with a great manuscript. His poetry will always be a reminder of a time when poetry in the Mission was spontaneous, magical, and more than a little bit dangerous.” — Bucky Sinister, San Francisco Bay Guardian
The most important question facing
poets of today is
how well would you do
under torture
He's got that right!!!
Lerner is my favourite poet.
Thank you for sharing this one.