People, we DO have the power! [Patti Smith, poet, 70’s cult pop singer artist, early house-mate of Robt. Mapplethorpe, Rimbaud & Wm Burroughs devotee, retired 14 years from stage fame to raise two children, till her musician husband passed away. We did Buddhist Jewel Heart Center benefit performance in 4000 seat Hill Auditorium together, she came from Detroit retirement to Ann Arbor’s Univ of Michigan. Next day, signed new volume poems Early Work 1970-1979 in bookstore that night we supped at Gelek Rinpoche’s home, February 17, 1995 (photo & caption: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate)] #pattismith #poetry #rimbaud #allenginsberg #hillauditorium #jewelheart #cloudgathering #michigan #detroit #goddess #beatgeneration #robertmapplethorpe #jewelheart #gelekrimpoche #rocknroll #rockgoddess #fredsonicsmith @thisispattismith (at Ann Arbor, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2rMVx4hnXI/?igshid=1evj6bjf9uwaz
