Following on the heels of my Lion House reading, I found this cool clip of Michael McClure reciting his “beast language” to the lions at the old Lion House at the SF Zoo. Thanks to Jillian Rose for reminding me about it!

I wrote about McClure’s collection, “Ghost Tantras,” in my essay, “Of Mantras and Poetry: The Seed Syllables of Sound Poetry,” up in the current issue of Mead: The Magazine of Literature and Libations, edited by the feisty and talented Laura McCullough.
The essay also delves into Christian Bok’s poetry, The Bon Warrior Seed Syllables, Jackson Mac Low’s Performance Piece and Hugo Ball‘s Dadaist Poems!