Saturday, April 7, 2012

As he had no oil, by Sinclair Beiles

As he had no oil to stop
the door from squeaking
he stuffed its hinge with wild honey.
Soon the living room was filled
with wild bees which settled
along the inner edge of the door.
When he tried to chase them away,
they set on him and stung him.
So severe were the stings that in a day
he was dead
And then the bees began to build
a hive in his open mouth.

(From The Idiot's Voice, Cold Turkey Press, 2012)

Sunday, April 1, 2012

The San Francisco Earthquake Vol 1, No 3

The San Francisco Earthquake, Volume 1, Number 3, published  San Francisco, 1968.  78pp. Contains writings by Jacob Herman, Robert Duncan, Rod Padgett, Tom Veitch, Jean-Pierre Duprey, Harold Norse,  Gerard Bellaart and Sinclair Beiles, as well as collages by Carl Weissner, Liam O'Gallagher, Mary Beach, Jean-Clarence Lambert, Norman O. Mustill and Pelieu. 

Beiles's contribution is an 8-page film scenario called 'The Last Procession'.