Bob Kaufman (1925 – 1986)
Ragaone of several traditional Hindu melodic and rhythmic patterns upon which improvised compositions are created. Each pattern is associated with a different religious devotion. of the drum, the drum the drum the drum the drum, theBob Kaufman never wrote down his poetry. When this line is read aloud, does it have a musical or rhythmic sound to it? heartbeat Bob Kaufman never wrote down his poetry. When this line is read aloud, does it have a musical or rhythmic sound to it? Raga of the hold, raga of the fold, raga of the root, raga of the crest raga before coming, Raga of lip, raga of brass, raga of ultimate come with yesterday, raga of a parchedto make completely or excessively dry tongue-walked lip, raga of yellow, raga of mellow, raga of new, raga of old, raga of blue, raga of gold, raga of air spinning into itself, I ring against slate and shell and wood and stone and leaf and boneWhat variety of sounds would these different materials make? And towered holes and floors and eyes--against lone isHow do these lines reflect Kaufman's retreat from society? lornforlorn & rock & How do these lines reflect Kaufman's retreat from society? dust & flattened ball & solitudes of air & breath & hair & skin fedHow do these lines reflect Kaufman's retreat from society? halves & wholes & bulls & calves & mad & soul & new & old & How do these lines reflect Kaufman's retreat from society? silence & saves & fall wall & water falling & fling my eye to sky & How do these lines reflect Kaufman's retreat from society? tingle & tangle.How do these lines reflect Kaufman's retreat from society? I sing a mad raga, I sing a mad raga, a glad raga for the ringing bell I sing. A man fishing with old clothes line, shouting bass drum Sometimes in How is this description similar to Kaufman's poetry?extravagantexceeding normal lengths, boundaries, or reason moments of shock of unrehearsedHow is this description similar to Kaufman's poetry? curiosity,How is this description similar to Kaufman's poetry? I crawl outside myself, sneaking out through the eyes, one blasébored with life; unimpressed or uninterested in the world, one surprised, until I begin to feel my own strangeness; shyly I give up the ghost and go back in until next time.
I can remember four times when I was not crying & once when I was not laughing. I am kneaded by a million black fingers & nothing about me improves. Gothica member of the Goth tribe, a group associated with barbarianism brain surgeons, weeping over the remains of destroyed loveHow might these lines reveal Kaufman's perspective on institutionalizations in mental hospitals? machines.How might these lines reveal Kaufman's perspective on institutionalizations in mental hospitals? Diggers, corkscrewing cleanly in,How might these lines reveal Kaufman's perspective on institutionalizations in mental hospitals? exhilerausteda word created by combining the words exhilarated and exhausted , into the mind mine,How might these lines reveal Kaufman's perspective on institutionalizations in mental hospitals? impaledto pierce with a sharp object, such as a stake on edgeless shafts of subtle reminiscence, green-How might these lines reveal Kaufman's perspective on institutionalizations in mental hospitals? walking across the belts and ties.How might these lines reveal Kaufman's perspective on institutionalizations in mental hospitals? Slanted dark-walked time, wet with ages of dryness, Raga of insignificance & blessed hopelessness. Raga of sadness, of madness, of green screamed dreams, mile-deep eyes.
The greatest men have gone unknown: BuddhaIndian religious leader and founder of Buddhism was the twenty- fourth. A beggar is the body of a God-ness, come to shoot movies with hisWhat issue of social injustice is Kaufman addressing here? eye,What issue of social injustice is Kaufman addressing here? Movies of people who do not beg, ragged, broke eagles, hummed into What issue of social injustice is Kaufman addressing here? the wheels turning, some in, others out, rarely ever in or out, or What issue of social injustice is Kaufman addressing here? vice versa, half open.What issue of social injustice is Kaufman addressing here? A string begins where a man ends a string, a man begins where a The bebop style of jazz music often incorporates words or nonsense syllables, using sounds to emphasize the thought being expressed. What aspects of this line are reminiscent of bebop? string ends. A man The bebop style of jazz music often incorporates words or nonsense syllables, using sounds to emphasize the thought being expressed. What aspects of this line are reminiscent of bebop?bereftdeprived of or parted from of a string falls all walls, becomes a The bebop style of jazz music often incorporates words or nonsense syllables, using sounds to emphasize the thought being expressed. What aspects of this line are reminiscent of bebop? screamed baby, raved.The bebop style of jazz music often incorporates words or nonsense syllables, using sounds to emphasize the thought being expressed. What aspects of this line are reminiscent of bebop?
Chavand Ragmala Dipak-raga, by Nisardin
"I sing a mad raga, I sing a mad raga, a glad raga for the ringing bell I sing."
"Unanimity Has Been Achieved" By Robert Kaufman, from THE ANCIENT RAIN: POEMS 1956-1978, copyright ©1981 by Bob Kaufman. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.
