Berkeley, CA: Black Oak Books, 1986. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (6"x17") with the title poem by Michael McClure, a primary poet & playwright of the San Francisco Renaissance, the Beat Generation & beyond. Published to celebrate a reading by the poet during March 1986, of unknown limitation. The poem first appeared in the compilation Jaguar Skies in 1975. Printed by Wesley B. Tanner. A desirable McClure collectible. In... More about Gloaming

Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 1987. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Michael McClure. A large broadside (18"x26") with the title poem by Michael McClure, a primary poet & playwright of the San Francisco Renaissance, the Beat Generation & beyond. Dedicated to Kenneth Rexroth, this poem originally appeared in issue No. 49 of the literary compilation New Directions in Prose & Poetry (1985). As noted in copyright/limitation information below... More about April Arboretum

Berkeley, CA: Granary Books, 1986. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Thomas McGrath. "I passed you many times as I went down the cliff walk,/Little Olivetree, all stunted and stiffened, as you climbed/From the blue cove where the cold sea comes in and dies."(first stanza) A broadside (approx. 19&5/8"x12&7/8") with the title poem by Thomas McGrath (1916-1990), the great American poet whose work is regarded as a successor to..... More about Mediterranean

Winston-Salem, NC: The Palaemon Press, 1982. Limited First Printing. Single Sheet. Hand-initialed by Vassar Miller A broadside (approx. 8"x13&3/4") with the title poem by Vassar Miller (1924-1998), the acclaimed poet who overcame cerebral palsy to become the Poet Laureate of her native Texas, & a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize. The poem is, typically, a meditation on illness & death, subtitled with a quote by the poet Thomas Merton which... More about Open Question

Santa Barbara, CA: Zilzal Press, 1988. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (8&1/2"x14") with a poem dated 9/30/86 & printed in 1988 by the acclaimed, award-winning poet Abd al-Hayy Moore. Born Daniel Moore, he published his first book of poems, Dawn Vision, with Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights Books in 1964. He converted to Sufi Islam in 1970. Moore lived for a time in Morocco, & the poem includes a description... More about from HOLOGRAMS

Pleasant Valley, NY: Kriya Press, 1967. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. A broadside (12"x16") with the title poem by Joel Oppenheimer (1930-1988), a major Black Mountain/New York School poet who was also the first director of the St. Marks Poetry Project & an acclaimed prose writer for the Village Voice in NYC. With uncredited block-print illustration evoking the natural themes of the poem. One of 100 copies printed by Kriya... More about When the Drums Stopped

n/p: Unknown, 1977. Presumed First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (11"x17") with only the title "Poem" (first group of words: "The baby Jesus was born in the...") by Ron Padgett, the award-winning, acclaimed poet of the New York School as well as an associate of the Black Mountain & Beat Generation poets. A most striking production, with blocks of text that almost evoke the disconnections of an "exquisite corpse" format;... More about Poem (The baby Jesus was born

Riverside, CA: University of California, 1968. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Robert Peters & illustrator, his daughter Meredith Peters. A broadside (11"x14") announcing a poetry reading by Robert Peters (1924-2014), the acclaimed, prolific poet & critic. The reading took place at the University of California at Riverside on April 10, 1968. Peters' first published volume of poems, Songs for a Son, appeared only the previous year, famous as his... More about Robert Peters reads his new poems

Milwaukee, WI: Pentagram Press, 1975. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Robert Peters. A broadside (11"x17") with 10 short poems by Robert Peters on verso; & a drawing by Harley Elliot, along with colophon & other information of publisher on front side. Peters (1924-2014), the acclaimed & prolific poet, critic & educator, would later publish most of these poems in a collection with the same title in 1987. As... More about Shaker Light

Santa Barbara, CA: Unicorn Press, 1971. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (11&1/2"x19") with the title poem in eight numbered stanzas by Tim Reynolds, a noted poet most active from 1955-1980. Issued by the venerable Unicorn Press in an unknown limitation as its Unicorn Broadside Series II Number 10. A bold, beautiful production & a rare Reynolds collectible. In very fine condition with only a few faint creases on surface... More about I'm Sorry

Berkeley, CA: North Point Press, 1987. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (10"x13") with the memorable title poem by Nanao Sakaki (1923-2008), the acclaimed mystic-poet who embraced nature & distrusted modern society & culture; & who was also associated with the revered Beat Generation poet Gary Snyder. A volume of Sakaki's poetry was first issued by this same imprint including & with this poem as its title. Published in September... More about Break the Mirror

Bolinas, CA: Yanagi, 1977. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. One of 26 Lettered copies, Signed by Edward Sanders & with his hand-correction. A large broadside (17"x22") with the title poem by Ed Sanders, the legendary, still quite active figure in the literary, publishing & musical counterculture of 1960s NYC & beyond. There is a reference to John Keats in the first line ("Keats is dead..."), & an illustration of a.... More about Love & the Falling Iron

n/p: Unknown, Circa 1980. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Inscribed & signed by Edward Sanders. A broadside (11"x17") with a poem by Ed Sanders, the Beat-to-Hippie countercultural icon of poetry, publishing & music. This appears to be a translation by Sanders of a work by the ancient Greek poet Sappho- above the English text is a facsimile of handwritten Greek words & phrases, with diagrammatic arrows & lines leading to... More about On the Question of Body Tones