[Item #5435] The Land of All Time. Clark Coolidge.
The Land of All Time
The Land of All Time

The Land of All Time

Fruita, CO: Lithic Press, 2020. First Edition. Softcover. “Toulouse and I in L.A./Pope innocent of Palm Springs?/a friend in Hollywood Donald Duck/know him? Let’s get naked like/no names please the maniac idles/a hundred and fifty papers missed them/pay more when you’re dead ever/tried to work with supper gloves on?/Meow-Meow on loan extended batch/so long and thanks for the hitch/all that rock-hard jello and then/they all left the planet” Clark Coolidge, What Begins pg 133. Clark Coolidge, experimental jazz musician and lauded poet, offers here, a work as surreal and experimental as it is profound. Coolidge’s poetry has been defined as elusive and ephemeral while utilizing syntactical and sonic patterns to extract meaning; this acid-trip odyssey through language, meaning and their deconstruction is a boon for any and all who wish to explore psychedelia through the written word. Combining the free-form jazz sensibilities of his drumming, with the inherently explorative, fun, often musical and malleable medium of poetry, Coolidge creates a form all his own–singular and incredibly effective. “The Land Of All Time” is an improvisational composition that is at once hilarious in its absurdity and, at the same time, awash with serendipity and possibility. Perhaps, the best summation of this particular volume is contained within a statement that Coolidge himself noted in 1968 statement on poetics: “Words have a universe of qualities other than those of descriptive relation: Hardness, Density, Sound-Shape, Vector-Force, & Degrees of Transparency/Opacity.” Large-format Softcover Original, First Edition, First Printed with no further printings stated on copyright page. Book in very fine condition with very minimal smudging to front and back covers, miniscule wear to fine edges. It is not often a poet of Coolidge’s caliber comes along and bestows an oeuvre of such quality. “The Land Of All Time” is a must have for those that love both surrealism and poetry alike. Very Fine. [Item #5435]

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