Vibes of the Saints - Paul Grillo

US poet and collagist Paul Grillo passed away earlier this week. One of his collections was Vibes of the Saints, published by Cherry Valley Editions in 1977, with an introduction by Claude Pelieu-Washburn.
Two of Grillo's poems were published in Green Dragon #3.

Coca Neon/Polaroid Rainbow by Claude Pelieu

Published by Cherry Valley Editions, US, 1975. Translated into English by Mary Beach

Tornado Alley by William S Burroughs

Illustrations by S Clay Wilson, published by Cherry Valley Editions, 1989.

The Tale of the Amazing Tramp by Dan Propper

The Tale of the Amazing Tramp is a collection of poems by a little known Beat poet named Dan Propper (1937-2003). It was published by Cherry Valley Editions in 1977. Propper's poetry is jazz-infuenced and is also reminiscent of Frank O'Hara with frequent name mentions (eg Lenny Bruce, Nathaniel West, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Walt Whitman, Malcolm Lowry, William Faulkner, Charlie Parker). His best known work is probably his long(ish) poem The Final Hour, published in 1960.

Admitedly the poems in The Tale of the Amazing Tramp are of mixed quality, but overall I think it is still a damn good collection and if you want to check it (and other out-of-print Propper titles) visit Abebooks.com. The Tale of the Amazing Tramp is worth it.

Blowing Mouth/The Jazz Poems 1958-1970 by Ray Bremser

Ray Bremser (1934- 1998) was one of the great unrecognised US Beat poets. His street-wise, jazz-infused surreal work is included in about six volumes: Angel, Poem of Madness, The Dying of Children, Drive Suite, Blowing Mouth/The Jazz Poems 1958-1970 and The Conquerors.

Blowing Mouth/The Jazz Poems 1958-1970 was published by Cherry Valley Editions in 1978.