Heavy (A Postcard Commemorating the November 9, 1970 "Exploding Whale" Incident in Florence, Oregon) with: Robert Creeley's Life and Work: A Sense of Increment
Concord, MA; Ann Arbor, MI: Dancing Bear; University of Michigan Press, 1985; 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Postcard; Softcover. This comic stanza from the great Black Mountain School-&-Beyond poet Robert Creeley was composed on occasion of the infamous November 9, 1970 "Exploding Whale" incident in Florence, Oregon on the central Oregon coast. Oregon's Highway Division--after consulting with the United States Navy--decided to remove a 45-foot-long sperm whale from the beaches..... More
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