PennSound: Lew Welch (original) (raw)

From the cover of How I Work as a Poet (Grey Fox, 1973)

Reading at Renaissance Corner, April 7, 1969

Courses (12:20):MP3

Reading at the Magic Lantern, Santa Barbara, April 22, 1967

1. Introduction and Opening Comments (12:02):MP3
2. "A Round of English" (6:32):MP3
3. Introduction to "Winter" (1:48):MP3
4. "Winter" (0:28):MP3
5. Introduction to "Chicago Poem" (2:30):MP3
6. "Chicago Poem" (5:17):MP3
7. Introduction to "Supermarket Song" (4:13):MP3
8. "Supermarket Song" (1:16):MP3
9. Introduction to "Graffiti" (2:01):MP3
10. "Graffiti" (1:24):MP3
11. Introduction to "Din Poem" (2:49):MP3
12. "Din Poem" (13:11):MP3
13. Introduction to Hermit Poems (5:46):MP3
14. [Not yet 40, my beard is already white] (0:47)MP3
15. [I know a man's supposed to have his hair cut short] (0:46)MP3
16. [Apparently wasps] (0:42)MP3
17. [I burn up the deer in my body.] (0:28)MP3
18. [Step out onto the Planet.] (0:16)MP3
19. [The Empress herself served tea to Su Tung-Po] (0:21)MP3
20. [Whenever I make a new poem,] (0:29)MP3
21. [The Image, as in a Hexagram:] (0:40)MP3
22. [I saw myself] (0:37)MP3
23. "He Prepares to Take Leave of His Hut" (1:42)MP3
24. "He asks for Guidance" (0:39)MP3
25. "He Greets, Again, the Open Road" (2:20)MP3
26. "He Finally Reaches the City" (1:59)MP3
27. "Maitreya Poem" (3:10):MP3

Reading at U.C. Berkeley, 1965

Recorded on audiocassette. Featured in the Joris and Peyrafitte tape collection.

Complete Recording (47:44): MP3

Reading for Auerhahn Press at International Music Hall, November 26, 1963

• From Hermit Poems (6:32): MP3

Reading The Song Mt. Tamalpais Sings, Planning and Conservation League, date unknown

Complete Recording (2:42): MP3

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