Bobby Byrd

William Hudson Byrd (aka Billy) 3 March 1911 to 13 June 1944 When I was two years old  We lived in Mississippi—  And now I’m 79...  I still ...

When I was 16 or 17, like in 1958 or 1959, my friend Harvey Goldner, my first mentor in the community of poets, guided me to a basement lis...

Today I want to celebrate Susannah Mississippi Byrd’s 50 th  Birthday. My gosh! Our oldest child.   The answer is alway, Yes! Once in her ...

My first published drawing. I did this quickly on ZenBrush software, listening to Phil and Lee talk.   [Like I say many times, independe...

Good Morning, Germany ―For Stefan and Mimi On our walk along the Rhein that first day Before Lee and I left for Frankfort, I picked...

Self Portrait in the NYC bathtub of my good friends, Sylvia and John Gardner (May 2010) My good friends Doshin Diana Johnson and Ke...

Hello, The Dia: Chelsea posted the audio of my reading from September 15, 2015, along with Todd Colby's, and I wanted an accessible ...

On June 1, I came back to El Paso after three weeks in New York City. Driving up to the house, I saw that the agave plant by the fron...

I’m a sucker for handmade poetry books and magazines. Cheap little things with words on them. Gimme books. Libritos made with a special ...

Cactus Mary’s Hand-Crafted Soaps Don’t float. When I was a kid the white Rectangular bar of Ivory soap floated.  It didn’t slit...

GOOD FRIENDS   They like two-ply.  We like one-ply. So, I need to get more into my blogging again. I get distracted....