Robert and the Drive

Robert and the Drive

 

 

Robert Creeley spoke to me in a dream

he said "watch where you are driving for Chrissake"

 

but I couldn't steer the bed

so I fell back to sleep

putting the imaginary car

on "auto-pilot"

 

listening to Robert recite some poems

from back when he could still see

his own road, with his one eye

and keen sense of pen.

 

 

erin-cilberto

5/3/23

Reviews

[Andra Dare]

This is very engaging, particularly the line "with his one eye and a keen sense of pen." Great dream, too. :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Do you like Creeley, Andra?
I love the Beats, was weaned on them as a poet...and Creeley has always been one of my favs.
Thank you,
j.

[DIVYA]

You have such vivid dreams, dear Jacob. I have them too. Lately, beginning this year, I've begun experiencing a strange phenomenon. I see totally unknown people in my sleep. People I've never met before and there they're absolutely as normal, everyday individuals interacting with me.

I love this wonderful, humor filled tribute. Especially the following lines:

"but I couldn't steer the bed
so I fell back to sleep
putting the imaginary car
on "auto-pilot"

I wish I could write like this.....And thanks for sharing another great poet for me to look at and read of.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Divya...I think you will like Creeley....he was a romantic minded Beat.
j.

[DIVYA]

I'll certainly be reading more of him. Always a pleasure to read your poems, my friend.

[Chris Shaw]

Made me smile. Driving a bed in dreamland. I know how much you admire Robert Creeley J.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I think he is the kind of poet who is understood and admired more by other poets...he knows our lot so well, being part of it...and he gives us poetry we can certainly relate to...He was genius.
j.

[W. Barrett Munn]

You are rolling my friend, the proverbial hot streak. Have you a horse in the Derby?

Winston

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Not yet, Winston, but I will. Thank you,
j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I picked "Two Phils"---

When I used to visit my folks in N.C.....I spent a lot of time at the pool in their village.
I had two friends there...Chicago Phil and Boston Phil...they both had the strongest accents and used to have long discussions battling over points of life...It was so much fun to listen to them...so much fun.
j.

[W. Barrett Munn]

I lived and worked in Las Vegas for a number of years and met a lot of New Yorkers. Great people.read moreI lived and worked in Las Vegas for a number of years and met a lot of New Yorkers. Great people.

Winston

[Keagen Cole]

I never Heard of Robert Creely, until now. I decided to google him, and man, is his poetry interesting! Thanks for conveniently leading me to learning more about great poems and poets, J. As for the poem itself, I really like the way you made its complex meaning understandible through simple, almost free verse-like sections. I can definitiely understand why you adore his work. ',:3

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I really like sharing favorite poets with other poets...
all the voices matter.
Thank you for checking him out, Keagen,
j.

[Keagen Cole]

Anytime. :)

[Soren]

Hope you didn't drive through any black mountains. No one wants to be a hero now days. A very entertining ride or did I mean read.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, those Black Mountain Poets are dangerous...I think I Saw William Carlos at a rest stop...
thank you for the smile, Soren,
j.

[Ken e Bujold]

lovely poem J. Creeley would have enjoyed it immensely i think. always thought of him as Ginsberg without the drama :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Ginsberg without the drama...that fits perfectly...
thanks, Ken
j.

[FGFRANKLIN]

Creeley wrote "poetry has no purpose" but I think it's like life and has as much purpose as we give it. The meaning of life is the meaning we give it. I understand that he wants nothing concrete and immovable in meaning but in my perception even the most adventurous ships must carry anchors. Great piece.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Fabian...glad this could touch you somehow.
j.