Alan Pizzarelli

The Canary Funeral

New book of selected works by Alan Pizzarelli,”The Canary Funeral” PURCHASE BOOK NOW From the Author’s Note: Back in 1920, the grandfather of one of my childhood friends held a huge funeral for his pet canary, “Jimmy.” The funeral was attended by more than ten thousand people and included a small white coffin, pallbearers, a hearse, and a 15-piece band playing a solemn dirge. The plaintive melody was accompanied by tears of laughter and merriment while moving through the streets of Little Italy in Newark,...

Can’t we all just get along? #2

Number 2: Brief excerpt of Gregory Corso’s reading his classic beat poem “BOMB” (with animation by Shannon Larratt)

Can’t we all just get along?

Here’s my late poet friend, Allen Ginsberg’s poem ” Newt Gingrich Declares War on Mcgovernik Counter Culture “, circa. 1995. Naropa Poetics Audio Archives (Internet Archive). Label / Recorded by: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

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New Podcast .... BoneYard reads Poe .... Upcoming Events

Macro Video

BoneYard

Pizzarelli’s persona, BoneYard, the Poet Ghoul’s video of You Put a Spell on Me, a parody of “I put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins with new lyrics by songwriter/poet Alan Pizzarelli.

haiku

Amusement Park

haiku and senryu

the tattoo’d man walks onto the crowded beach

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Old Joe (song)

Old Joe Music by Alan Pizzarelli Lyrics by Herschel Silverman

City Beat

urban haiku, senryu, and sequences
by Alan Pizzarelli

from City Beat