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Robert Creeley discusses poetry and transformation in a Beloit College lecture entitled, "Poetry and Magic: A Personal Note". Herein, he illustrates his perspective through personal anecdotes, including the story of a "magical" guinea pig named Thurston.
Robert Creeley discusses the inherently feminine power of poetry in a Beloit College lecture entitled, "Poetry and Magic: A Personal Note". Herein, he extrapolates from Eric Neumann's "The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype", a poem from William Carlos Williams, and his own personal experience.
Robert Creeley tells the story of how he first met Allen Ginsberg in San Francisco. He follows his story with readings from the Ginsberg poems that how most influenced him: "Transcription of Organ Music" and "Song".
Robert Creeley reads and discusses William Carlos Williams' poem, "For Eleanor and Bill Monahan".
Robert Creeley reads from his beautiful 1971 radio play, "Listen". The play was first published in 1972 by Black Sparrow Press, in an edition containing monoprints by Bobbie Creeley.
Robert Creeley reads from his beautiful 1971 radio play, "Listen" (part II).
Robert Creeley discusses the connection between Erich Neumann's concept of "the mouth" and his own poem "The Language" as part of his "Poetry and Magic" lecture series.
Robert Creeley reads and discusses his poem "The Door" in connection to Charles Olson's idea that poets "do what [they] know before [they] know what [they] do" during a lecture for his "Poetry and Magic" series. Herein, Creeley compares poets to "witches," citing his friend Robert Duncan "who answers very directly on these circumstances of experience."
During a lecture on "Poetry and Magic," Robert Creeley discusses an experimental gathering--assembled by psychologist Timothy Leary--intended to examine the voices of Federico Garcia-Lorca's three poetic types.
Robert Creeley discusses the folly of seeking meaning in poetry.