Every year it blossoms. The tree planted in memory of Allen in the back yard atSt Mark's Church - the flowering dogwood, the good old Kousa dogwood. It did it again this year
(See previous flowering dogwood here, here and here)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLEN!
Birthday celebrations tonight and a stellar reading in New York City at Poets House to launch the eagerly-anticipated publication of The Essential Allen Ginsberg.
Readings and performances of the poet's work included in the collection byBob Rosenthal, Eliot Katz, Steven Taylor, Eileen Myles, Sharon Mesmer, Lee Ann Brown, Amy Lawless,Dawn Lundy Martin, Uche Nduka, Ryan Doyle May, and the collection's editor, Michael Schumacher.
