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What's New !? ~ Cid Corman, The Famous Blue Aerogrammes

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New ! ~ Cid Corman, Of, Volumes 4 and 5

 

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Cid Corman. The Next One Thousand Years, The Selected Poems.

 

Cid Corman, The Next One Thousand Years

The Selected Poems and Translations of this internationally acclaimed poet, translator, and editor of the seminal journal Origin - edited by Ce Rosenow & Bob Arnold, Longhouse, 2008. 224 pages. $16.95 (plus s/h). Distribution exclusively through Longhouse

Please have a look - cover image is enclosed here - and see if this beauty can fit into your teaching plans, as well as a title to interest friends, colleagues and your favorite bookstores. Ce plans to use this book as a feature text in her college classes. We'd love it if other readers & teachers took up the book as a companion.

The selection has been culled from Cid's books large and small, those barely on a wisp of paper, to a magical draw from the yet unpublished OF volumes 4 & 5. His poetry and translations slip together into the selection, and there are appreciations by both editors

 

Publisher: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers

 

Book size: 5-1/2 x 8 1/2

Pages: 224

ISBN 978-1-929048-08-3

Binding: Perfectbound softcover

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Cid Corman was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1924 and died in Kyoto, Japan on March 12, 2004. As editor of Origin Press for nearly 50 years, Cid has published - if not debuted - some of the seminal poets of the 20th century: Olson, Creeley, Eigner, Bronk, Enslin, Niedecker, Zukofsky, Snyder...and as translator of poets from Japan, Italy, France, etc., which continues to this day. His treatment of Basho's poetry should be used in every school everywhere (our humble opinion). Cid was the author of over 100 books and myriad scarce publications . "Home" for Cid is with the hearts of countless poets - established or unknown - by correspondence around the world. His letters were postmarked "Kyoto, Japan."
 

 

Basho [Corman, Cid and Kamaike Susumu, translators]. Back Roads To Far Towns. Basho's Travel Journal. White Pine Press, 2004. First edition. Brand new. Illustrated by Hide Oshiro. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp profusely illustrated text throughout. Basho 1644-1694 recorded many travels around Japan in his journals. This is one of his most famous. The nine month journey taken with his companion Sora to the back lands north of the capitol west to the Japan Sea back toward Kyoto. Journal as well as poetic sequence. It should be in every poet's library . Poetry. $8.95

Basho / translation and notes by Cid Corman and Kamaike Susumu. Back Roads to Far Towns / Basho's Oku-No-Hosomichi. Mushinsha / Grossman, 1971. First edition. SIGNED. This is the seminal work by the poet and his translator. Near fine gatefold wraps, price-clipped. Trifle sunning to cover. Text clean throughout. Fully signed by Cid Corman on the poet's personal bookplate to title page. Poetry. $150.00

[Blanchot, Maurice] Corman, Cid, translator. The Instant of My Death. Longhouse, 2002. First edition. Limited edition. accordion booklet. Translated by Cid Corman. Fine bright folded booklet with wrap around band. Prose/Poet. $10.00

[Cahen, Didier] Corman, Cid, translator. from The Very Day. Longhouse, 2003. First edition. Small folio of ten poems by this French poet and Cid Corman translations. A fine collaberation. One of only 100. Poetry. $15.00

Cohen, Marcel / translated by Cid Corman. The Peacock Emperor Moth . Burning Deck, 1995. First edition. From the personal library of Cid Corman. Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Poetry. $20.00

[Cohen, Marcel] Corman, Cid, translator. The Peacock Emperor Moth. Burning Deck, 1995. First edition. SIGNED: Translated by Cid Corman. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. This copy is the personal copy of the translator and poet Cid Corman with his small bookplate to inside cover, signed.. Poetry. $30.00

[Cohen, Marcel] Corman, Cid, translator. "The Peacock Emperor Moth". Longhouse, Spring 1992. First edition. SIGNED: Fine 8 1/2 x 11 folded sheets, illustrated. 135 numbers printed by Bob and Susan Arnold at Longhouse through the 1992-1993 seasons. Very fine sheets folded into a decorative letterpress envelope and signed by the translator Cid Corman . Poetry / Prose. $30.00

Corman, Cid. 0/I. Elizabeth Press, 1974. Very close to fine and bright wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $13.95

Corman, Cid. 5 Poems. Hull Press, 2004. First edition. One of only 80 copies. Hardbound unique design. Illustrated cover and hand design on the back cover. 5 poems by Cid Corman. Rare. Poetry. $55.00

Corman, Cid. A Baker's Dozen. Backwoods Broadside No. 13. First edition. One of 750 copies, this is number 500. Sylvester Pollet, editor. Established in 1978 in Ellsworth, Maine from a format borrowed from Michael Carlson's Northern Lights Series from London. Essentially an 8-1/2 x 14 double-side printed folded sheet, quite unique and often handsome. Part of the Chaplet Series, Nos. 1-69. Fine and bright all around. Poetry. $12.00

Corman, Cid. A Language Without Words . Longhouse, 2010. First edition / Limited edition. first published by Byways 6, 1972 : Gerry Loose, Essex, UK. Our ever thanks for Gerry to reprint & bring this one back into the fold. A three color fold-out booklet of poems with wrap around band. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. "Afterword as Preface". Longhouse, 1991. First edition. Broadside; limited to 100 issues, numbered and signed by the poet; 5"x11"as letterpress. Very fine. Scarce.. Poetry. $30.00

Corman, Cid. All Yours. Illumination Series. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 1991. First edition. SIGNED: New and bright in stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text. No clothbound edition was issued. Signed by Cid Corman on his personal bookplate. Poetry. $50.00

Corman, Cid. All Yours. Fukuoji to Cooper Union, August-November 1991. First edition. From Cid Corman's personal library and one of his scarce titles. Fine and bright stiff wraps with just the lightest age toning to cover and clean text throughout. Poetry. $40.00

Corman, Cid. And The Word. Coffee House Press, 1987. First edition. SIGNED: No hardcover copy issued. Very fine and bright gatefold wraps with crisp text throughout. Signed by the poet on his personal bookplate . Poetry. $30.00

Corman, Cid. Antics. Origin, 1977. First edition. 1/200 copies. Fine wraps with crisp text and excellent spine. Poetry. $15.00

Corman, Cid. Antics. Origin Press, 1977. First edition. 1/200 copies. Fine bright perfect bound extended wraps with flaps. Signed by Cid Corman. Poetry. $30.00

Corman, Cid. At His Place (Kyoto) Our Phil. Tangram, June 2003. First edition. One of 150 copies. Very fine and bright two color broadside. Approximately 5 x 11. Poetry. $30.00

Corman, Cid. At Once. Origin, 1985. First edition. 1/150 copies. Fine stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Poetry. $8.95

Corman, Cid. At Their Word / Essays on the Arts of Language, Volume I // At Their Word / Essays on the Arts of Language, Volume II. Black Sparrow Press, 1977, 1978. First edition. SIGNED. Two books from Cid Corman's personal library and the poet's own copies. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Both books have Cid's small white personal fully signed bookplate affixed to the full title page. Two books sold as a set. Poetry / Essays. $60.00

Corman, Cid. At Their Word / Essays on the Arts of Language, Volume II. Black Sparrow, 1978. First edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Unread and handsome all around. Signed by Cid Corman on his small bookplate to the full title page. Poet / Essays. $40.00

Corman, Cid. Belongings. Origin, 1977. First edition. 1/200 copies. Fine bright wraps.. Poetry. $18.00

Corman, Cid. Born of A Dream. 50 Haiku by Basho, Buson, Tagi, Issa and Shiki. Gnomon, 1988. First edition. Versions by Cid Corman. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Poetry. $8.95

Corman, Cid. Chop. Longhouse, 2011. First edition. In three-color fold out performance. Very limited. Unsigned. Pamphlet. Poet / Art. $8.95

Corman, Cid. Exultations. Mountains and Rivers, 2005. First edition. Very fine and very bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp text throughout. Cover painting by Alan Lau. Poetry. $8.95

Corman, Cid. For Crying Out Loud. Mountains and Rivers Press, 2002. First edition. Very fine and bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. . Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. For Dear Life. Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First edition. Sparrow No. 33, June 1975. Mint wraps (pamphlet). Poetry. $8.95

Corman, Cid. For Dear Life. Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First edition. SIGNED: Sparrow No. 33, June 1975. Fine stapled wraps signed by the poet fully on the dedication page. Poetry. $20.00

Corman, Cid. For Good. Origin Press, 1964. First edition. SIGNED: Fine Japanese bound wraps. Cid Corman's own personal copy signed on his small book label. Scarce. Poetry. $90.00

Corman, Cid. For Now. Origin, 1971. First edition. 1/300 copies. Original sitched wraps with paper label, printed in Kyoto, Japan. Fine and crisp all around. Poetry. $40.00

Corman, Cid. For Size. Light and Dust Books/The Word Press (USA-Japan), 1992. First edition. New fold out poems, wraps. Lovely all around. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. For the Asking. Sparrow 51, Black Sparrow Press, December 1976. Very close to fine and bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Another poet's neat and subtle signature to back cover, nothing offensive. Poetry. $8.95

Corman, Cid. from A Short Guide to Human Being. 18 poems. Longhouse, 2007. First edition. In Nepalese decorative cover stock with three color fold out text. A SHORT GUIDE TO HUMAN BEING is a collection of poems composed/revised mainly in the mid90s by Cid Corman culling work from earlier times (70s-80s-90s) and shaping a book of well over 200 finished poems. While reading & gathering extensively over the winter of 2007 for Cid's proposed 'selected poems' (with Ce Rosenow), I came upon this manuscript and started to sift eagerly. The bulk of loose pages jammed just barely into its tight binder. A rejection letter from Farrar, Straus & Giroux pinned in with it all. This is but a portion of what they rejected. - Bob Arnold (literary executor for Cid Corman). Poetry. $12.95

Corman, Cid. "God or Buddha...". Longhouse, 1998. First edition. Foldout poem. Very fine. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. Going Going. Tangram, 1999. First edition. 1/150 copies. New sewn, letterpress wraps with crisp text throughout. Eighteen exquisite poems by Cid. Poetry. $20.00

Corman, Cid. Gratis. Origin, 1977. First edition. 1/200 copies. Fine wraps with crisp text throughout. Poetry. $8.95

Corman, Cid. Gratis. Origin Press, 1977. First edition. 1/200 copies. Very fine and bright; unread edition. Signed by Cid Corman. Wraps. Poetry. $30.00

Corman, Cid. Hassle 10, Featuring Cid Corman. U. K., 2010. First edition. New work by Cid Corman with seven poems. Fine folded pamphlet. Poetry. $8.95

Corman, Cid. How Now. Cityful Press, 1995. First edition. Fine wraps. Afterword by Andrew Schelling. Signed by the poet on his small, personal bookplate. Poetry. $50.00

Corman, Cid. In Particular / Poems New and Selected. Cormorant Books, 1986. First edition. SIGNED. Very fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Has become scarce. This copy signed by Cid Corman on his small personal bookplate to the title page. Poetry. $45.00

Corman, Cid. In Particular, poems new and selected. Cormorant Books, 1986. First edition. SIGNED. Fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Signed and dated with location by the poet Andrew Schelling on the second leaf with Cid Corman's personal signed bookplate to the title page. Poetry. $50.00

Corman, Cid. Just For Now. Mountains & Rivers Press, 2001. First edition. SIGNED. New decorative wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Signed by the poet on his small, personal bookplate. Poetry. $20.00

Corman, Cid. Karmal Fudge Or Just Plain Sludge. Longhouse, 2007. First edition. Based on Bhatrihari, edited from the unpublished OF, volumes four and five, by Bob Arnold, literary executor for Cid Corman. New in roaring red Lokta paper, three color throughout accordion wraps in decorative wrap around band. Poetry. $12.95

Corman, Cid. Little Enough. 49 Haiku by Basho, Sodo, Ransetsu, Buson, Ryokan, Issa, Shiki and a tanka by Sokan. Gnomon, 1991. First edition. Versions by Cid Corman. Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Poetry. $8.95

Corman, Cid. Livingdying. New Directions, 1970. First edition. Fine in near fine dustjacket. Crisp text throughout and quite attractive. Poetry. $12.95

Corman, Cid. Livingdying. New Directions, 1970. First edition. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $6.95

Corman, Cid. Livingdying. New Directions, 1970. First edition. SIGNED. Fine and bright black boards with gilt titles in like illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Jacket illustration by Shiryu Morita. A Book of poems dedicated to the poet Theodore Enslin. Signed by the poet Cid Corman on his personal small bookplate to the half title page. Poetry. $40.00

Corman, Cid. Nigh. Elizabeth Press, 1970. First edition. Original stitched wraps with paper label, printed in Kyoto Japan. Very fine all around and quite attractive. Poetry. $35.00

Corman, Cid. No Less. Elilzabeth Press, 1968. First edition. Fine original stitched wraps with paper label, printed in Kyoto, Japan. Very fine and bright all around, quite attractive. Poetry. $35.00

Corman, Cid. Nothing Doing. New Directions, 1999. First edition. SIGNED: Very fine and bright illustrated stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Cover art by Tony Candido. Signed by Cid Corman on his personal small bookplate to the half title page. Poetry. $50.00

Corman, Cid. "NY 1934". Longhouse, 2007. First edition. Postcard poem. 4-1/4 x 5-1/2. Three color. In the Love Thy Poet More! series. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. O/I. Elizabeth Press, 1974. Fine and bright wraps with crisp text throughout. Signed by the poet on his small personal bookplate. Poetry. $40.00

Corman, Cid. Of Course. Origin, 1978. First edition. 1/200 copies. Fine and bright wraps all around, quite attractive. Poetry. $18.00

Corman, Cid. OF, Volume Three. Origin Press, 1998: exclusive.. First edition. SIGNED: Limited to less than 200 copies displaying its own appeal: soft cloth bound sewn wraps. Held in a sturdy cloth-covered slipcase. New. It opens as a book should when held in the hands. Text crisp and typography bright. We'll guess there is no book on earth like this one. It matches perfectly the first two volumes in the poet's opus as issued from Lapis Press (1990); also available from Longhouse. Likewise cover art by the late Sam Francis. Composition in Baskerville and all printed in Kyoto, Japan. The whole package weighs in at three pounds.

Regarding Cid Corman: Volume Three "of" is one part of a yet unpublished five-volume single book of poems. It draws on all cultures and tells the human situation with a directness and immediacy. Each volume [Volume One, Volume Two and Volume Three] has 750 poems per volume. Beautifully produced. The author's life was dedicated to poetry - even as poetry is dedicated to life. Cid Corman's reputation as translator is well known in a dozen other languages and his work is in Special Collections at many key libraries in USA and in Canada. There are recordings and videos of his work and performance at Harvard University and the Library of Congress as well as elsewhere.

Inquire about "of, Volume One and Two" which have been published together in one boxed edition. Signed by the poet, on his small personal bookplate (Plus shipping and handling of $15 - priority rate/insured). Poetry. $295.00

Corman, Cid. Of, Volumes 4 and 5. Longhouse, 2015. First edition. Edited by Bob Arnold. Fine new wraps in shrinkwrap. 850 pages, 1500 poems. Gorgeous! Very scarce. Poetry. $100

Corman, Cid. Of, Volumes One and Two. Lapis Press, 1990. First edition. SIGNED: Two-volume boxed-set. 1506 pages. Twin volumes - An extremely attractive and unique feature of an ongoing testament of Cid's poetry. More than half uncollected before; bound in soft cloth spine with cover art by Sam Francis. Held in a sturdy cloth covered slipcase. Very close to fine and bright in like bright slipcase as issue. Wraps. Signed by the poet, each volume, on the poet's personal bookplate . Poetry. $295.00

Corman, Cid. Once and For All. Poems for William Bronk. Elizabeth Press, 1975. First edition. Near fine wraps with crisp text all around. One of 400 copies issued. Signed by the poet. Poetry. $75.00

Corman, Cid. One Day. Granite Press (Slovenia), 2000. First edition. One of 150 copies. Very fine and bright sewn wraps with crisp text throughout. Exquisite all around. Poetry. $13.95

Corman, Cid. One Man's Moon. Poems by Basho and Other Japanese Poets. Gnomon, 2003. First edition. Versions by Cid Corman. Very fine and bright pictorial stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Personal copy of the translator Cid Corman with his signature to a small book plate. A handsome compendium of Cid’s many best from many years. After a half-century of working his trade, Cid’s own poems and Japanese pals (Basho, Issa, Buson, Saigyo etc) are now meshed as one. While most Asian translators frame a studious reverence - maybe too much incense, maybe too much bowing? Cid gets together with old friends and makes whoopee. Poetry lush as life.

Opening the window / a window full / of spring. —Santoka (1882-1940).. Poetry. $20.00

Corman, Cid. "Outline for a Future Tractatus of Poetry". Longhouse, 1995. Postcard. Love Thy Poet #3 series. Postcard format, very fine all around. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. 'S. Elizabeth Press, 1976. First edition. 1/400 copies. Fine bright wraps with crisp text throught, quite attractive. Signed by Cid Corman on his small, personal bookplate. Poetry. $40.00

Corman, Cid. "Shhh. I'm Trying To". Longhouse, 2003. First edition. Commemoration folio for the poet's visit back to the U.S. from Kyoto October 2003 to celebrate with many friends the 100th birthday of Lorine Niedecker on Wisconsin soil. Two poem folio. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. "Shhh. I'm Trying To". Longhouse, 2003. First edition. A little birdhouse folder from Longhouse to celebrate the forthcoming visit back to the USA from Kyoto of Cid and Shizumi Corman, October 2003 as they celebrate (with many friends) the 100th birthday of Lorine Niedecker on Wisconsin soil. Folded two poem card. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. So. Origin, 1978. First edition. Dedicated to Louis Zukofksy. 1/200 copies. Near fine wraps and bright throughout. Quite scarce. Signed with the poet's own personal bookplate. Poetry. $75.00

Corman, Cid. Sonne Fels Mench [Sun Rock Man]. Verlag Im Wald. First edition, 2004. Translations in German by Rudiger Fischer. Cid's classic written in Matera, Italy, March 1956 - Kyoto, July 1962. Fine and very bright pictorial stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $7.95

Corman, Cid. Sun Rock Man. New Directions, 1970. First edition. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry. $5.00

Corman, Cid. Sun Rock Man. New Directions, 1970. First edition. Near fine stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Poetry. $5.00

Corman, Cid. Sun Rock Man. New Directions, 1970. First edition. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Neat former owner's signature to opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Poetry. $5.00

Corman, Cid. Sun Rock Man. New Directions, 1970. First edition. Fine and bright glossy pictorial stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Cid's masterpiece written in and from the Matera region of Italy. Poetry. $5.95

Corman, Cid. Surviving. Scott Watson. Introduction by Scott Watson. Essays collected by Cid Corman. "Considerations of Art" "Communication & Art" "More Notes on Gelb" "Human Knowledge" "Notes on Art" "Notes on Poetry" "Problematics" "Notes on Theatre". Essays from Cid Corman uncollected from 1965. Fine stapled wraps in limited edition. Poet / Essays. $15.00

Corman, Cid. "Sweeping the Garden" and "I Want The Words". Longhouse, 2000. First edition. Bookmark. Fine and bright. Limited. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. Tabernacle. Origin Press, 1980. First edition. SIGNED: Very fine bright wraps with crisp text throughout. Signed by the poet. Poetry. $25.00

Corman, Cid. Tabernacle. Origin Press, 1980. First edition. Fine bright wraps with crisp text throughout. Poetry. $15.00

Corman, Cid. The Act of Poetry and Two Other Essays. Black Sparrow, Sparrow 44, May 1976. First edition. Near fine stapled wraps but shelf rubbed. Poet / Essays. $8.95

Corman, Cid. The Despairs. Cedar Hill, 2001. First edition. New and very bright stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. With artwork by Alan Chong Lau. Deserved praise from Hayden Carruth and Denise Levertov. Poetry. $8.95

Corman, Cid. "The Faith of Poetry". Longhouse, Spring 1989. First edition. Seven very fine 8 1/2 x 11 illustrated sheets of prose and poetry written by Cid Corman the 14th of January 1989. Includes a short published letter between Cid Corman and Bob Arnold within the text. Printed in 200 numbers, Spring 1989. Folded into a decorative letterpress envelope.. Poetry / Prose. $20.00

Corman, Cid. The Famous Blue Aerogrammes. Longhouse, 2004. First edition. 1 of 100 copies. New in wraps. Selected poems edited by Bob Arnold of Cid Corman's poems written on the outside of the poet's aerogrammes from Kyoto, Japan. A prime example of age-old mail-art. Introduction by Bob Arnold. Limited edition. Poetry. $20.00

Corman, Cid. The Practice of Poetry. Reconsiderations of Louis Zukofsky's A Test of Poetry. Longhouse/Origin, 1998. First edition. New and bright in stiff wraps with crisp text throughout, quite attractive. Essays / Poet. $15.00

Corman, Cid. The Practice of Poetry. Reconsiderations of Louis Zukofsky's A Test of Poetry. Longhouse / Origin, 1998. First edition. SIGNED: Very fine stiff wraps with crisp text throughout. Personal copy of Cid Corman's, with his own signed bookplate to the opening flyleaf. Rare. Poetry. $25.00

Corman, Cid. Together. Longhouse, 1999. First edition. Limited edition sewn wraps,. One of only 100 copies issued. Very fine and bright wraps with crisp text throughout. Poetry. $30.00

Corman, Cid. Tributary. Edgewise, 1999. First edition, second printing. Edited by Philippe Briet. Poems dedicated to the painter Beauford Delaney - including five color plates by the artist. Very fine wraps, perfect bound and crisp throughout. Highly attractive. Poetry. $15.95

Corman, Cid. Unless. Origin, 1975. First edition. 1/300 copies. Original stitched wraps with paper label, printed in Kyoto, Japan. Fine and bright wraps all around, highly attractive. Poetry. $30.00

Corman, Cid. Watermelon. Printed by Jerry Redden (Berkeley, CA), 2001, Tangram Press. Limited edition. 5 x 7 poem on decorative stock. Limited. With envelope. New and bright all around. Poetry. $25.00

Corman, Cid. "We Are Offspring Of". Longhouse. Bookmark. Very fine issued from Longhouse. One poem, decorative bookmark. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid. Where Were We Now. Essays and Postscriptum. Broken Moon Press, 1991. First edition. New and bright stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Essays / Poet. $10.95

Corman, Cid. Word for Word : Essays on the Arts of Language, Volume 1 / At Their Word : Essays on the Arts of Language, Volume II. Black Sparrow Press, 1977 / 1978. First edition. SIGNED. The best way to reach Cid, both volumes at once - a full clutch of Corman. Close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Signed by Cid Corman on his personal small white bookplate to the title pages. Both volumes sold as a set. Poet /Essays. $50.00

Corman, Cid. Words for Each Other. Poetry USA Series, Rapp & Carroll (U.K.), 1967. SIGNED: Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with two short closed mends. With crisp bright text throughout. One of the poet's finest collections some of which were selected from his other titles "In Good Time" / "In No Time" / "Nonce". Signed by Cid Corman on his personal white book label affixed to the full title page . Poetry. $90.00

Corman, Cid. Yet. Elizabeth Press, 1974. First edition. Fine, original stitched wraps with paper label printed in Japan. One of 500 copies issued. Very fine and bright all around, highly attractive. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid (Basho and Saigyo). In the Clear. Longhouse, 2000. First edition. SIGNED: Translations by Cid Corman of Saigyo and Basho. 1/100. Fold out booklet with wrap around band. New and limited. Signed by the poet. Poetry. $20.00

Corman, Cid / Basho. Three Poems. Longhouse, 2001. First edition. Folded small folio two poems by Basho and one by Cid Corman. One of 100. New. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid / edited by Ce Rosenow and Bob Arnold. The Next One Thousand Years. The Selected Poems of Cid Corman. Longhouse, 2008. First edition. SALE! New. Fine and bright wraps.

 

 

Announcing Cid Corman's : The Next One Thousand Years, selected poems edited by Ce Rosenow & Bob Arnold is ready from Longhouse now!

 

 

Please have a look — cover image is enclosed here — and see if this beauty can fit into your teaching plans, as well as a title to interest friends, colleagues and your favorite bookstores. Ce plans to use this book as a feature text in her college classes. We'd love it if other readers & teachers took up the book as a companion.

 

 

The selection has been culled from Cid's books large and small, those barely on a wisp of paper, to a magical draw from the yet unpublished OF volumes 4 & 5. His poetry and translations slip together into the selection, and there are appreciations by both editors.

 

 

Publisher: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers

 

 

Publication date: March 27, 2008

Book size: 5-1/2 x 8 1/2

Pages: 224

Binding: Perfect bound

 

 

ISBN 978-1-929048-08-3. PoetryFirst edition. $16.00

Corman, Cid / The American Poetry Review. The American Poetry Review. July August 2000 / Featuring Cid Corman. July August 2000. New poems by Cid Corman plus an interview by Gregory Dunne. Plus James Tate, Barbara Guest's Modernism, Robert Kaufman and others. Fine and bright colored tabloid with cover photograph of Cid Corman on the cover. Folded once as issued. Poetry / Literary Magazine / Anthology. $5.95

Corman, Cid / translator. New Proverbs. Longhouse, 2007. First edition. Snow white slip card. Three color. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid, editor. Origin. Fifth Series, Number One. Origin, Fall 1983. Literary magazine. Featuring George Evans plus work by Lorine Niedecker, David Miller, Charles Olson and Cid Corman. Very fine bright wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Poetry / Literary magazine. $18.00

Corman, Cid, editor. Origin. Fifth Series, Number Two. Origin, . Literary magazine. Featuring Roger LaPorte plus Cid Corman, Gael Turnbull, Italo Svevo. Fine bright wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughtout. Another poet's neat signature and date to inside back cover which bothers none of the text. Poetry / Literary magazine. $18.00

Corman, Cid, editor. Origin. Fifth Series, Number Three. Origin, Spring 1984. Literary magazine. Featuring M. J. Bender. Plus work by Franco Beltrametti, Clive Faust, August Kleinzahler. Guy Birchard. Fine bright wraps with strong spine and crisp text throughout. Another poet's neat signature and date to inside back cover which bothers none of the text. Poetry / Literary magazine. $18.00

Corman, Cid, editor. Origin. Fifth Series, Number Four. Origin, Fall 1984. Literary magazine. Featuring Lyle Glazier plus "Azubah Nye"; Theodore Enslin, Cid Corman, George Evans, David Miller and others. Very fine bright wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Another poet's neat signature and date to inside back cover which bothers none of the text. Poetry / Literary magazine. $18.00

Corman, Cid, editor. Origin - Fourth Series. 1977-1982. Origin, Kyoto and Boston, 1977-1982. First edition. A full set of this groundbreaking series only missing issue number 2. 19 of the 20 issues. All editions featuring one particular poet whether George Evans, or Cid Corman, Frank Samperi, Lorine Nieecker, John Levy, John Perlman, Michael Heller, Ted Pearson, etc. Fine all around. Never been read. From the personal library of the editor Cid Corman. Wraps. Poetry. $195.00

Corman, Cid, editor. Origin #13. October 1980. Origin, 1980. First edition. Featuring Kusano Shimpei plus Lyle Glazier, Jackson MacLow and others. Fine and bright wraps all around, quite attrctive. Poetry / Little magazine. $8.95

Corman, Cid, editor. Origin #5. October 1978. Origin, 1978. First edition. SIGNED: Featuring Cid Corman plus Irving Layton, Clive Faust and others. Very fine and bright wraps all around. Signed by Cid Corman on his small, personal bookplate. Poetry / Little magazine. $40.00

Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series, No. 13. October 1980. Origin, 1980. Literary magazine. Featuring Kusano Shimpei. Very fine and bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

Corman, Cid, editor. The Gist of Origin. Grossman / Viking, 1975. First edition. Very close to fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp text throughout. Included amongst the nearly 300 anthologized pieces : Charles Olson's poems and letters to Vincent Ferini and Cid Corman, late poems of William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens and the early work of Snyder, Creeley, Bronk, Levertov, Blackburn, Layton, plus Zukofksy's essays on Shakespeare and his own A-13 and A-16; and translations by Ponge, Vallejo, DuBouchet, Char, Jaccottet and many others. This is some of the best work between 1951-1971 of the journals early years. Also signed by the editor and poet Cid Corman on his own personalized bookplate . Poetry / Anthology. $90.00

Corman, Cid, editor (Evans, George). Origin #12. July 1980. Origin, 1980. First edition. Featuring George Evans plus Cid Corman, Frank Samperi and Denis Goacher. Fine and bright wraps, quite attractive. Poetry / Little magazine. $8.95

Corman, Cid, poetry by / paintings by Alan Lau. Take Out # 4 "Nothing More". Take Out Publications, 1999. Fine and bright issued in brown kraft paper with illustrated paste on art work. Also issued in a clear plastic sleeve. Rare. Cid being issued in individual sheets, an entire poetry collection.

. Poetry. $25.00

Corman, Cid, poetry by / paintings by Alan Lau. Take Out # 4 "Nothing More". Take Out Publications, 1999. Fine and bright issued in brown kraft paper with illustrated paste on art work. Also issued in a clear plastic sleeve. Rare. Cid being issued in individual sheets, an entire poetry collection.
. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid, translator. "from ZENO BIANU’S
TAKES ON THE CHINESE

( I CHING) BOOK OF CHANGES". Longhouse, 2004. First edition. Fold-out accordion with wrap around band. New and limited. Poetry. $10.00

Corman, Cid, translator. "Grass For A Pillow". Longhouse, 2004. First Edition. 8 booklets. Corman, Cid, translator. "Grass For A Pillow". Eight separate booklets of poetry translations by: Celan, Char, classic Korean courtesans, Corman, Montale, Ryokan, Scotellaro, Sengai . Poetry. $20.00

[Corman, Cid, translator with Susumu Kamaike] Shimpei, Kusano. Asking Myself/Answering Myself:. Kusano Shimpei. New Directions, 1984. First edition. SIGNED: Fine stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. Signed by the translator Cid Corman on his small, personal bookplate. Poetry. $50.00

[Corman, Cid] Bender, Jan, editor. Shadow Play #1. Landside Press, 1990. Literary magazine. Featuring Cid Corman. Fine wraps with crisp text throughout. Literary magazine / Poetry. $13.95

Denis, Philippe / translated by Cid Corman. from Nugae. Longhouse, 2001. First edition. Twelve poems in a folded accordion booklet with attractive wrap around band. Limited to 125 copies. New. Poetry. $10.00

[Denis, Philippe] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "... If I Laugh At You". No. 10, January 1980. Origin, 1980. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Philippe Denis. Also includes the work by Carl Rakosi, Barbara Moraff, Frank Samperi, Andre du Bouchet. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

[Denis, Philippe] Corman, Cid, translator. from Nugae. Longhouse, 2001. First edition. Twelve poems in a folded accordion booklet with attractive wrap around band. Limited to 125 copies. Poetry. $10.00

[Echavarria, Andy] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "It Is I Invented Him...". No. 14, January 1981. Origin, 1981. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Andy Echavarria. Also includes the work by Samperi, Goacher, Edward Dahlberg. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

[Evans, George] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "My Poems Usually ...". No. 12, July 1980. Origin, 1980. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring George Evans. Also includes the work by Samperi, Corman, Goacher. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

[Faust, Clive] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "Community of Individuals". No. 4, July 1978. Origin, 1978. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Clive Faust. Also includes the work by Samperi, Perlman, Corman and others. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

[Heller, Michael] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "Every Great Culture ...". No. 9, October 1979. Origin, 1979. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Michael Heller. Also includes the work by Faust, Samperi and Corman. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

James, Henry / edited, with an introduction and new foreword by Leon Edel [Cid Corman association]. The American Essays of Henry James. Princeton Paperbacks, 1989. First edition. Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with excellent square strong and crisp bright text throughout. From the library of poet and editor Cid Corman and signed by Corman on the opening flyleaf. With his heavily annotated marginalia throughout. Literature. $20.00

[Karlins, Mark] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "From A Suicide ...". No. 6, January 1979. Origin, 1979. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Mark Karlins. Also includes the work by Samperi, Faust, Miller, Corman. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

[Lindsay, Graham] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "See! Their Verses are Laid...". No. 17, October 1981. Origin, 1981. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Graham Lindsay. Also includes the work by George Johnston, Samperi, Moraff, Enslin/Pindar, Goacher, Corman. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

[McClelland, Bruce] Cid Corman, editor. Origin, Fourth Series, 18, Featuring Bruce McClelland. Origin, No. 18, January 1982. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Poetry / Literary Magazine / Anthology. $5.95

[McClelland, Bruce] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "To The Apprehension...". No. 18, January 1982. Origin, 1982. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Bruce McClelland. Also includes the work by Samperi, Corman, Brian McInerney. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

Mehrhoff, Charlie / introduction by Cid Corman / edited by Rebecca Bush Pirtle. Complete W/Tongue. Epictetus, 1997. First edition. Fine reading copy stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Scarce, one of 750 copies. Poetry. $2.95

[Miller, David] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "The Dialectical Structure ...". No. 7, July 1979. Origin, 1979. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring David Miller. Also includes the work by Corman and Samperi. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

Montale, Eugenio [Corman, Cid, translator]. [Untitled] "Bring me the sunflower to transplant". Longhouse, 2005. First edition. Translated by Cid Corman. Love Thy Poet 31. Card. Fine and bright. Limited edition. Poetry. $10.00

Muller, Inge [translated by Cid Corman and Nicolas Linkert]. Four Poems. Longhouse, April 1995. First edition. 50 Numbers That Just Happen. Close to fine and bright folded booklet. Poetry. $12.00

Niedecker, Lorine / edited by Cid Corman. The Granite Pail, The Selected Poems of Lorine Niedecker. North Point, 1985. Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Poetry. $20.00

Niedecker, Lorine / edited by Cid Corman. The Granite Pail, The Selected Poems of Lorine Niedecker. North Point Press, 1985. First edition. SIGNED. The original publication from North Point Press, first edition, first printing. Close to fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Softcover. Cid Corman's personal bookplate to on the full title page. Poetry. $75.00

Niedecker, Lorine / edited by Robert Bertholf [CID CORMAN]. From This Condensery: The Complete Writing of Lorine Niedecker. Jargon 100, The Jargon Society, 1985. First edition. SIGNED. Fine gold boards in very good pictorial dustjacket with some wear along top and bottom edges, nothing at all offensive. Well read and loved by its original owner the editor Cid Corman with Cid's small bookplate signature to the title page. One of only 2500. Published by Jonathan Williams' Jargon Press. This book is a holding of three strong advocates come together - Corman, one of her original publishers and the one who made the only sound recording of Niedecker reading; Williams, also a publisher of Niedecker and Bertholf the scholar. Poetry. $300.00

[Niedecker, Lorine] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series No. 16. July 1981. Origin Press, 1981. First edition. A memorial issue including poems by Lorine Niedecker and tributes. Fine copy published in wraps only--text crisp and unread. Poetry. $15.00

[Ott, Gil and Levy, John] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "In Gratitude". No. 20, July 1982. Origin, 1982. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Gil Ott and John Levy. Also includes the work by Samperi, Oppen, Glazier, Clive Faust. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

[Pearson, Ted] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "I Am At ...". No. 19, April 1982. Origin, 1982. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Ted Pearson. Also includes the work by Craig Watson, M. J. Bender, Samperi, Corman. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

[Pearson, Ted] edited by Cid Corman. Originl 19, Fourth Series Featuring Ted Pearson, April 1982. Origin, 1982. First edition. Also including the work of Cid Corman Frank Samperi. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Poetry. $5.95

[Pilinszky, Janos] Corman, Cid, translator. Born & Died in Budapest. Longhouse, 2003. First edition. Folded accordion booklet with attractive wrap around band. Limited edition. New. Signed by the translator Cid Corman. Poetry. $25.00

[Pilinszky, Janos] Corman, Cid, translator. Born & Died in Budapest. Longhouse, 2003. First edition. Folded accordion booklet with attractive wrap around band. Limited edition. New. Poetry. $12.95

[Pilinszky, Janos] Corman, Cid, translator. "Veil". Longhouse, 2003. Postcard. Love Thy Poet 25 series. Postcard format, very fine all around. Poetry. $10.00

Ponge, Francis / translated by Cid Corman. Things / Selected Writings. White Pine Press, 1986. First edition. SIGNED. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Signed by the translator Cid Corman to his small personal bookplate on the title page. Poetry. $75.00

[Pornoff, Horrah] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "I Had Taken Your Letter...". No. 7, April 1979. Origin, 1979. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Horrah Pornoff. Also includes the work by Corman/Rimbaud, Samperi, David Miller. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

Rumi / Cid Corman, translator.. "What can I do - friends?". Longhouse, 2007. First edition. Golden speckled slip card. Three color. $7.95. Poetry. $10.00

[Saigyo] Corman, Cid. Being Saigyo. Translations. Longhouse, 2001. First edition. Folded accordion booklet with attractive wrap around band. Limited edition. Signed by Cid Corman. Poetry. $30.00

[Sappho] Corman, Cid, translator. Wee Ones. Longhouse, 2003. First edition. Drawn out of Mary Barnard's Versions by Cid Corman. Fine folded booklet with wrap around band. Limited edition. Poetry. $10.00

[Satoka] [Corman, Cid] [Clark, Thomas A.]. A Haiku Calendar. Poems of Santoka. Morningstar Folio, First Series, Volume One, February 1990. First series. SIGNED: Two color poems by Cid Corman with illustrations by Walter Miller. Designed and illustrated by Walter Miller. Signed by the artist as well as an accompanying essay "Cid Corman" by Thomas A. Clark. Also signed by Thomas A. C.lark. In issued envelope. A personal copy of Cid Corman with his own bookplate signature. Poetry. $90.00

[Schwerner, Armand] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "Not What Is It Words Do ...". No. 15, April 1981. Origin, 1981. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Armand Schwerner. Also includes the work by Samperi, Jane Robinett, David Miller, Gael Turnbull, Cid Corman. Poetry / Literary magazine. $8.95

[Sengai] [Corman, Cid, translator]. Singing Along with Sengai. Longhouse, 1997. First edition. Folded card of six poems. New and bright all around. Poetry. $10.00

[Shimpei, Kusano] Corman, Cid, editor. Origin, Fourth Series "What Man Most ... Wants ...". No. 13, October 1980. Origin, 1980. Literary magazine. Fine and very bright stapled wraps with crisp text throughout. Highly attractive. Featuring Kusano Shimpei. Also includes the work by Samperi, Glazier, MacLow, Corman. Poetry / Literary magazine. $15.00

[Tu Fu] Corman, Cid, translator. "This Is It". Longhouse, 2003. First edition. Folded accordion booklet with attractive wrap around band. Limited edition. New. Signed by Cid Corman. Poetry. $20.00

 


WOODBURNERS WE RECOMMEND: 4 January 2004

 

CID CORMAN ~ The Great Embracer

 

This is to report that the poet Cid Corman and editor of Origin  is in a Kyoto hospital after being admitted around the new year with a heart attack and suffering from pneumonia. He has since struggled through a half-day long operation for his heart and is holding on. Chuck Sandy, a close personal friend of the family has been keeping all of us around the world in touch with Cid's progress and may be reached at: [email protected].  The other night I wrote out for Chuck many of the poems from Cid's new book NOW/NOW since I received the book the day of Cid's operation and wanted Chuck to have the poems with him as he traveled from his home, into Kyoto, the hospital, the waiting. Cid's poems have a way of waiting with you.

 

For review: the book of poems - NOW/NOW - and for added bonus Alan Lau's artwork, may be purchased from Don Wentworth's highly likable and valiant press The Lilliput Review: $3, though the richness of the poems are priceless. Add a dollar or so for Don's postage: 282 Main St., Pittsburgh, PA. 15201.

 

"Dear Chuck,

 

Friday night growing late and I'm a bit numb with your news. That Cid has made it through a very long operation struggle is proof enough for me. He wants us back. The 30% rate of recovery is medical and highly knowledgeable and it may be proven to be correct, but there is still time - luscious time - Cid and all of us in the making. As Cid knows well himself and it is in almost every one of his poems, that little corner of time can be all the difference.

 

What have I

to do with

 

you beyond

being with?

 

The first poem today in NOW/NOW. I later read all the book aloud to Susan and Carson as we changed drivers: I go as far as I can toward town on the dicey snow back roads and then Susan takes over a mile before town and I slip out Cid's book and read aloud for the next mile before we arrive at the post office just as I finish the reading. Not hurrying. Susan and Carson both have the same expression on their faces: waiting within some mystery, some questions. The no answer.

 

A COUPLE

 

She keeps coming home

to me - of all things - and I

remain home for her.

 

Love poems that begin to hurt. I can tell you quite honestly that we have taught one another how to write them.

 

Only one

direction

 

And we're the

way it goes.

 

~

 

I never

thought I'd live

 

this long. Is

it so long?

 

I have to tell you Chuck, with this book arriving today, it's as if Cid is talking to me from afar. It was written in August 2003. He knew what was coming, always what might be coming.

 

WHAT

ALL

 

Does any of this

make any sense to you? If

so - please cue me in.

 

Ever the common fellow, sloped shoulders, beret. Wickedly intelligent but not stuffy, never pompous as so many believed. Rather/direct. Eagle eyed as eye sight failed.

 

We are all

part of what's

 

going on

to have gone.

 

 

Thinking along with us/not for us. Big difference.

 

This:

 

THE

COUNSEL

 

 

Live with the living

Die with the dying

And there you are: here.

 

He's speaking to all of us. Speaking. Better than poems.

 

These two:

 

Death is nothing - the

hard part is life - just when you

think you have it all.

 

~

 

Death is like

nothing else

 

but - say - what

is life like.

 

As always, Cid is asking, listen closely

 

EXISTENCE

 

All you have

and all you

have to give.

 

Poetry boiled down to the coals. He wants us left with an eternal message and nothing fancy, nothing performed. For a change: not the poet but the poem.

 

What were you

expecting?

 

What more is

there than this?

 

Indeed!

 

NOW

NOW

 

How much

closer

 

can you

get yet?

 

You just have to love that coda bracing "yet?"

 

Life has a way of

getting to you

 

though why remains

a mystery still.

 

Imagine Chuck - each and every one of these poems, his latest in print, and as if talking to you right at this moment in Kyoto if you had the chance. If you don't, accept these. It's his words. What must be flowing and stammering and pushing inside his body and soul as we wait.

 

THE

MATCH

 

Taste breath feel

earth see sky

 

and stick a

round a while.

 

Bless this guy, this friend, is all I can say. See how much and feel he has given.

Cid would have been too much the stage act, the performer, the mystic to have written this book and then ended up on the ropes at the new year as if a two-bit drama. No sir. It's even better: all he had in him was life and more life and every poem is breath and meant to share, meant to continue. That it comes exactly right now (publisher Don Wentworth in a letter today to me reveals:

"Honestly, I'm unaware of his condition though, of course, I know his advanced age.") with this simple book is the best testimony to a natural act. A harmony with the pestering "Livingdying". If Cid does go, he goes within a full circle...all I'd wish is to have him for a second or two longer and say, "It's done, you did it, O lucky man." But a gaze from Cid to Shizumi and back would be best and accomplish the same.

That's most of the book Chuck...I really had to share the poems for you. It brings me closer to Cid, to you, Shizumi and that certain embrace. Looking at it all this way brings in both sides now."

~

Since I wrote this letter for Chuck, and as a on-spot review of Cid's new poems, there has been a false news report from Japan of Cid's death. I shared this news with a few close friends of Longhouse-Origin and then quickly updated folks: The report of Cid's death, indeed, premature. On phone with Ted Enslin, Ted's response, "What!?" and we both chuckled, relieved...as Cid would in no way wish his death to be known until he knows it himself! So we go on.

I share these poems as prayer, songs, bells to ring, companions on a walk...and they're perfect for it.

 

- Bob Arnold

 Woodburners Tribute to Cid Corman (June 30, 1924 ~ March 12, 2004)

 

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