Back in the day of poetry slams at the Red Eye Coffeehouse, and events like the Roethke Festival, there was a gang of poets in Saginaw dubbed "Saginistas" by Detroit's M.L. Leibler. Al Hellus, myself, Monica Rico, Jim Crissman, and others, would share new poems and rounds of drinks at Steamer's after the reading (though these sessions were the real poetry event).This week's poem is by one of these Saginistas, Jim Crissman, from his book Jailbait in Holy Water published by Pudding House Publications in 1998. "Boy Lily" is haunting and beautiful, like many of the poems in this collection.
The music for this week comes from the extensive box set of Albert Ayler's recordings, Holy Ghost. It's an untitled blues track from disc 6. Today is Ayler's birthday, as well as a great friend of mine and big fan of Ayler, Todd (One-of-Your-Four-Basic-Food-Groups; my co-Witch Doctor of Jazz) Berner. Happy birthday to you both!
Listen to the full episode here:
Report #22
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