Before Columbus Foundation: Poets Read Their Contemporary Poetry

Various Artists

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This collection of readings by poets includes three poems written and read by David Meltzer.

Tracks / Performers

• Intro - Ishmael Reed
• A Bard's Prayer - Bob Callahan
• Poetry - Bob Callahan
• For the Poets - Jayne Cortez
• Poem for Fanny - Maureen Owen
• Yang-chu Said - Maureen Owen
• Crossing the Border into Canada - Joy Harjo
• I Am a Dangerous Woman - Joy Harjo
• Boringuen - Alurista
• Housewife - Susan Zavarin
• Bark Is What Us Dogs Do... - David Meltzer
• From a Midrash - David Meltzer
• On a Leash... - David Meltzer
• (Seque into) Anonymous Sonnet - Victor Hernandez Cruz
• Artist/Art This - Victor Hernandez Cruz
• Rabbit, Hair, Leaf - Mei Bersenbrugge
• Being Your Woman - Cyn Zarco
• Flipochinos - Cyn Zarco
• Pacific Lover - Cyn Zarco
• St Louis Woman - Ishmael Reed
• Part 3 from Wolfbane - David Henderson
• Dope - Amiri Baraka
• Dedicated to William Melvin Kelly - David Jackson
• New York Weather Report - David Jackson
• Sound Poem - David Jackson

Uncertain if the David Meltzer readings have been released prior to the release of this compilation.