C: A Journal of Poetry

• Contents
• Pages

• Untitled
• 1

• FITS OF CANDOR (a manifesto), Richard Gallup (as Dick Gallup)
• 2

• POOP, Francis Picabia trans. "Nameless"
• 2

• THE RETURN OF PHILISTA, Richard Gallup (as Dick Gallup)
• 3

• WASHINGTON, July 5, John Giorno
• 3

• DECEMBER, Giuseppe Ungaretti trans. "Nameless"
• 4

• INSIDE SPEECH, Ron Padgett (as Harlan Dangerfield)
• 4

• AFTER BREAKFAST, Giuseppe Ungaretti trans. Vernon Eubanks
• 5

• BRETT, Ted Berrigan
• 5

• BRETT: a play, Ron Padgett
• 5

• MONTANA, Giuseppe Ungaretti trans. Ron Padgett
• 6

• REVISED POEM, John Stanton
• 6

• RICHARD CORY, Ron Padgett
• 6

• BLANDFORD, England, Sept. 23, John Giorno
• 7

• DECEMBER, Ron Padgett
• 7

• FROM THE POETRY MACHINE, Allen Katzman (as Al Katzman)
• 7

• POEM , Aram Saroyan
• 7

• Untitled [“A 37-year-old waiter”], John Giorno
• 7

• “YES, I AM WILLIAM BURROUGHS....", Tom Veitch (as Thomas Veitch) trans. William S. Burroughs, Richard Gallup, Homer
• 8 - 9

• TO THE IMPERIAL WIZARD, Jeff Giles
• 9

• A GRAVE, James Schuyler
• 10

• GEORGIA, Philippe Soupault trans. "Nameless", Peter Schjeldahl
• 10

• MOVING, Aram Saroyan
• 10

• DIRGE (South Africa), David Shapiro
• 11

• FROM: Five Songs with Debra, David Shapiro
• 11

• from THE MUTATION OF THE SPIRIT, Gregory Corso
• 12 - 14

• PRECIPICE a story, Tom Veitch (as Thomas Veitch)
• 15 - 17

• APOLOGIES FOR THE ANGRY POSTCARD, Les Gottesman
• 18

• PRINCIPIA MATHEMATICA, Ron Padgett
• 18

• THE DAY BEFORE THE WINDOWSHADE FELL, Les Gottesman
• 18

• ANECDOTE OF MUMBLY AT HOME, Louie Nasper
• 19

• HOMAGE TO ____________*, John Perreault
• 19

• RAGTIME COWBOY JOE, Louie Nasper
• 19 - 20

• from THE PARIS SONNETS, Peter Schjeldahl
• 20

• WE HARDLY, Richard Huelsenbeck trans. Jerome Rothenberg
• 21

• FALLING IN LOVE IN SPAIN OR MEXICO, Ron Padgett
• 22

• PRISON OF SOULS, Jeff Giles
• 22

• Untitled [“My arms are warm”], Aram Saroyan
• 22

• MOTHER CABRINI (a play), Ted Berrigan
• 23

• POMP ILK, Richard Gallup (as Dick Gallup)
• 23

• MY FIRSY STORY, Szabo! the Stomper (as Szabo)
• 24

• POEM , Aram Saroyan
• 24

• POEM [“It don’t belong to you” / (A Confession)], Ron Padgett (as Harlan Dangerfield)
• 24

• PREFACE TO “THE CHAMP", Kenward Elmslie trans. "Nameless"
• 25 - 27

• THE CHAMP, Kenward Elmslie
• 27 - 34

• CRAZE MAN WILIIKER, Pierre Reiter
• 35

• from MEMOIRS, MacArthur Douglas
• 35

• A MEMORY FILLED WITH WHITE, Giuseppe Ungaretti trans. "Nameless", R.E.L. Prewitt
• 36

• SECRET WALLPAPER, Ted Greenwald
• 36

• THE PIRATES, David Shapiro
• 36

• THE GROUNDHOG, Ted Berrigan
• 37

• Untitled [“There was an old prude from St. Paul”], Ron Padgett (as Harlan Dangerfield)
• 37

• SONG , Richard Kolmar
• 38

• TO MODIGLIANI, TO PROVE TO HIM THAT I’M A POET, Max Jacob trans. Ted Berrigan
• 38

• MISS AMERICA, Kenneth Koch
• 39

• THE FERNANDEZ, Ron Padgett
• 39

• DID DANIEL WEBSTER AND RUFUS CHOATE PLAN TO ENTER MEDICINE, Joe Brainard
• 41 - 42

• THE CUSTARD SELLERS, James Schuyler
• 42 - 43

• GHOST TANTRA # 9, Michael McClure
• 43

• an excerpt from The Jolly Abyss, Tom Veitch
• 44 - 46

• Hasheesh Fudge (Which anyone could whip up on a rainy day), Brion Gysin
• 46

• “When the mercenaries ran away"
• 47

• TEN WHEN MY EYES ARE HURTING, Larry Swingle
• 48 - 49

• A MAN SAW A BALL OF GOLD, Ron Padgett
• 49

• JOHN BUTTON BIRTHDAY, Frank O'Hara
• 50

• CAN’T KEEP, Joseph Ceravolo
• 50 - 51

• SESTINA WITH A LOST LINE, Bruce Kawin
• 51

• POEM , Aram Saroyan
• 52

• THE BERMUDAS, Richard Kolmar, Aram Saroyan
• 52

• BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, John Ashbery
• 53

• SUPPLEMENTS, Tony Towle
• 54 - 56

• AVE MARIA, Frank O'Hara
• 56

• FITS OF AFFECTION, John Dent
• 56

• THE ECCLESIAST, John Ashbery
• 57

• IN THREE PARTS, Ted Berrigan
• 58

• THE WOMAN, Frank Lima
• 58

• FORTUNE, John Ashbery
• 59 - 60

• REVOLTING ( A one act Play ), Richard Gallup (as Dick Gallup)
• 61

• THE COURTIER, Kenneth Koch
• 62

• EN L’AN TRENTIESME DE MON EAGE, Kenneth Koch trans. "Nameless"
• 62 - 64

• LEAPFROG
• 64

• HOBOKEN, John Ashbery
• 65 - 67

• Untitled [“From Aphrodite”], Ed Sanders
• 67

• THE ODE TO MUSIC, Philip Whalen
• 68 - 71

• FITS OF NERVES WITH A FIX, William S. Burroughs (as William Burroughs)
• 71 - 72

• ED SANDERS’ LANGUAGE, Charles Olson
• 73

• MUSIC, Joseph Ceravolo
• 73

• STREET, Joseph Ceravolo
• 73