first edition * 300 copies * August 2009
Note: the headwaters of the Niger River are not technically at Timbuktu — at Timbuktu is a tributary that eons ago was the beginning of the Niger but over the time the rivers (the Niger is comprised of two ancient rivers) switched course.
textural advice: Todd Moore
author photo 26apr09 by author’s wife
poem about black widows appeared in BIG HAMMER
see other recent poems at Metropolis website
poem on page 8 written for on-going project/duets with guitarist Janet Feder and will be recorded at 725 Studios on 17aug09
sequence beginning on page 9 revolves around trip to Los Angeles April 2-8, 2009 written
thereabouts in fits & starts.
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