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Nanao Sakaki, Boulder Colorado, August, 1985 (snapped by Allen) • “In the morning After taking cold shower —-what a mistake—- I look at the mirror. There, a funny guy, Grey hair, white beard, wrinkled skin, —-what a pity—- Poor, dirty, old man, He is not me, absolutely not. Land and life Fishing in the ocean Sleeping in the desert with stars Building a shelter in the mountains Farming the ancient way Singing with coyotes Singing against nuclear war— I’ll never be tired of life. Now I’m seventeen years old, Very charming young man. I sit quietly in lotus position, Meditating, meditating for nothing. Suddenly a voice comes to me: “To stay young, To save the world, Break the mirror.” ― Nanao Sakaki, Break the Mirror • #nanaoskakai #breakthemirror #allenginsberg #poetry #instapoets #writersofinstagram #naropaswp (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NLul-hxry/?igshid=1ajyervzyj0j0

Doctor Benway rides again. He surveys a ward full of intensive-care patients killed by a Swedish nurse who bathes twice a day. Her put household ammonia and Mr Clean into the IVs
“I thought it would clean them out Doctor” 
“Hmmm, yes, straight thinking nurse. It’s all in the day’s work. Get these stiffs out of here and let them bury each other. This world’s for the living and we need the beds . Bring on the next shift”
He turns into the Herr Professor. His eyes glint with crazed dedication and purpose. 
“An die Arbeit!” (from The Western Lands, 1987)
• William S Burroughs, Varsity Apartments, Boulder Colorado, July 1985. Two years before publication of The Western Lands. (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate) #williamsburroughs #allenginsberg #beatgeneration #nakedlunch #junkie #dreammachine #thesoftmachine #junky #boulder #naropaswp #naropauniversity #literature (at Boulder, Colorado)
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“Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. ” ― William S. Burroughs [Anne Waldman and William S Burroughs, Juanitas Restaurant, Boulder Colorado, July 1984. photo & caption:  Allen Ginsberg, Courtesy Allen Ginsberg Estate / Stanford University] #annewaldman #tricksterfeminism #williamsburroughs #fastspeakingwoman #williamsburroughs #novaexpress #beatgeneration #literature #quotes #queer #gay #poetrycommunity #instapoets #naropaswp #naropauniversity @fastspeakingmusic (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3zoq1DhuIa/?igshid=s2naax8bcmfc

• Happy Birthday Marianne Faithfull!   (photo snapped by Allen in  Boulder, Colorado, July 1989,  where she’d been guest teaching at Allen’s request for the Naropa Summer Writing program. Their lives had crossed paths many times by then)   • #mariannefaithfull #brokenenglish #naropaswp #kerouacschool #strangeweather (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6q2dPshCtl/?igshid=t11gvjqr1ndx

Anne Waldman “orator poet co-director Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics” & Harry Smith “archive-genius painter filmmaker”, Naropa University, July 1990. Harry’d been resident alchemist at Naropa 2 years by then and was soon to return to New York. (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate) #annewaldman #fastspeakingwoman #girlpower #penguinpoets #poetry #harrysmith #anthologyofamericanfolkmusic #alchemy #smithsonianfolkways #poetsofinstagram #americanpoetry #americanmagus #harrysmitharchives #naropaswp #kerouacschool @fastspeakingmusic @annewaldman @edwinlefevre (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6nzFV9h_D5/?igshid=1sm3725t4ryjn

Anne Waldman, orator Poet diretress of Naropa Institute Poetics School at Jane Faigao’s table, August 15, 1985. Robert Frank’s The Americans under her wrist (photo and caption: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate)  #annewaldman #poetry #poetics #jackkerouac #kerouacschool #naropa #naropaswp #bouldercolorado #robertfrank #allenginsberg #girlpower #womenwriters #womenpoets #matriarchy #fastspeakingwoman #poetrycommunity (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3fMFhEBWRr/?igshid=1ey1tfa2p8meu

"Anne Waldman Poet Orator, Co-director Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Naropa Institute Boulder Colorado, first accredited Buddhist contemplative college in the western world, experiencing "Make-up on Empty Space" for premiere of "Oh ! Oh! Plutonium" (photo and caption: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) #annewaldman #fastspeakingwoman #publictheater #naropauniversity #allenginsberg #beatgeneration #kerouacschool #girlpower #poetry #naropaswp #poetrycommunity #poets #instapoets #womenpoets #photography #newyorkcity #kerouacschool (at The Public Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ZhvkpBrG5/?igshid=17sh9ke00kusk

Gary Snyder was born this day, 89 years ago. Happy Birthday Gary! [Carole Koda and Gary Snyder, Boulder Colorado, July 9, 1990. (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate) ] #garysnyder #carolekoda #zen #buddhism #buddhist #allenginsberg #poetry #poets #beatgeneration #ecopoetry #environmentalist #naropaswp #kerouacschool @kerouacschool #boulder #bouldercolorado #japhyryder #dharmabums #mountainsandriverswithoutend (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxNTkf7h0yt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zth2mlf9zdzy