A n n e W a l d m a n : K e e p i n g T h e W o r l d S a f e F o r P o e t r y

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 5 : S p e c i a l E d i t i o n

LISA JARNOT

Links on the Chain

for Anne’s 70^th

When I think about Anne Waldman’s

birthday, I think of starting the

revolution, in Fort Atkinson, or

Hong Kong, or near the cherry tree

that always blooms the first week

into April when we head down to

Macdougal Street, and if there’s

snow in the mountains, let’s take

some time to look at it, because

someone has to do it, and it’s not

going to be the bankers or Dick

Cheney’s corpse, and as for those—

let’s dance on them—and who’s to

stop us, near that cherry tree

in spring around the first week into

April when we make the world a

better place for something, maybe poetry.