Jack Spicer

Along with Robert Duncan and Robin Blaser , Jack Spicer played a central role in the poetry movement that came to be known as the Berkeley Renaissance. Born in Los Angeles on January 30, 1925,

Central Park West

by Jack Spicer 1925–1965

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 Along the walks the sweet queens walk their dogs 
 And dream of love and diamonds as they pass 
 And I could be a statue or a stone 
 As they walk by me dreaming of their gods. 
 Beside their path, an apple's thrown away, 
 I see that old erotic garden where 
 Our parents breathed the wasteful, loving air 
 Before the angry gardener changed his will. 
 The park has no room for that memory. 

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