Canton, NY: Institute of Further Studies, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “Sometime after Charles Olson’s death in January 1970, I told Jack Clarke I wanted to publish some kind of tribute to Olson. He responded by sending me a copy of “A Plan for a Curriculum of the Soul,” which Olson had sent to us for publication in "The Magazine of Further Studies  No. 5." On the copy Jack..... More

San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1968. Limited First Edition. “Inside I brought | willows, the tips | bursting, | blue | iris (I forget | the legend of longlife | they represent) | and the branch of pepper tree | whose pink seeds | lack the passion of most fruits.” (Opening of Cups) This entry in the “Writing” series is by American-Canadian poet, translator & opera composer Robin Blaser..... More

San Francisco, CA: White Rabbit Press, 1965. First Edition Thus. Stapled Wrappers. “In this volume, I have translated Nerval's twelve sonnets known as Les Chimeres, which were published as a sequence in 1854 at the end of Les Filles du Feu. Seven of them had been published previously under the title Mysticisme in Petits Châteaux de Bohème, 1853. The change of title is significant. The poems do not seem to..... More

London, England, UK: Ferry Press, 1974. Limited First Edition. Softcover. "the participation is broken/ fished from a sky of fire/ the fiery lake pouring itself/ to reach here// that matter of language caught/ in the fact so that we/ meet in paradise in such/ times, the I consumes itself// white trees, rings around them,/ wander and roll, the fog breaks,/ the sky, blue in the window" ("IMAGE-NATION I (the fold,"..... More

Boulder, CO: Kavyayantra Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Single Sheet. “Able laser seer in rose | An eros orb or ball | Rare, rare lobelia rails | A noble nib | Robed and born” (“Present Beau Robin Blaser,” Lee Ann Brown) This short poem in broadside format by poet and publisher Lee Ann Brown (b. 1963) was published in July 1995 for the 70th birthday of Robin Blaser (1925-2009)..... More

Washington, DC: The National Observer, 1966. First Printing. Single Sheet. “The continuing development here of what its practitioners call “The New American Poetry” is surely one of the major untold stories of our time. That a movement so serious, so vital, and so accomplished should remain, years after its inception, largely unknown to most people and misunderstood by others is surprising. Comparable postwar developments in the arts—abstract expressionism, black humor..... More

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: The Capilano Review, 1974. First Printing. Softcover. “Fluid as music we pass through, / and return, bringing ancestors / to this new place: / our childhoods merging, melting. / The map’s divisions snarl, breaking / as we pass effortlessly through. / The continent takes us on / and begins to dream us: / worlds shading into worlds. / What integrity in our bones’ structure?-- /..... More