Guide to the Jack Micheline Papers, 1948-1986

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Guide to the Jack Micheline Papers, 1948-1986

Collection number: BANC MSS 87/174 c

The Bancroft Library



University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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Processed by:
Terry Boom and Marianne Miller
Date Completed:
May 1988
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© 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Jack Micheline Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1948-1986
Collection Number: BANC MSS 87/174 c
Creator: Micheline, Jack, 1929-
Extent: Number of containers: 3 boxes, 5 cartons Linear feet: 7.5
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Contains correspondence, manuscripts of his poetry, prose, and plays, notebooks and personal papers, and a few of his drawings.
Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Jack Micheline Papers, BANC MSS 87/174 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Materials Cataloged Separately

  • Photographs have been transferred to Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
  • Sound recordings of East Bleeker have been transferred to the Microforms Division of The Bancroft Library.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Acquired from Jack Micheline through Jeffrey H. Weinberg of Water Row Books, Inc., Sudbury, Mass., January 22, 1987.

Biography

Jack Micheline, né Harvey Martin Silver, was born in the Bronx in 1929. He quit high school and ran away from home at the age of 16, and at 17 joined the army. In 1949 he went to Israel and worked on a kibbutz in the Negev, and from 1950 to 1957 traveled throughout the United States, working odd jobs to support himself. His first poem was published in the American Friends Service Committee Newsletter in 1954. Moving to Greenwich Village, he became identified with the Beat Poets, although he himself disputes the tag, as well as that of "street poet." In 1957 he won the Revolt in Literature Award at the Half Note Club in the East Village. His first collection, River of Red Wine, was published in 1958.
In 1963 Micheline married Mimi Redding and they spent a year travelling in France, Spain, England, and the Netherlands. Shortly after their return to the United States, the marriage broke up and Micheline returned to the Village. In February 1964 his only child, Vincent Silver Micheline, was born to a woman he had known before his marriage to Redding.
Micheline's play, East Bleeker: A Drama with Music, was produced at Café LaMama in 1967. North of Manhattan: Collected Poems, Ballads, and Songs was published in 1976. Skinny Dynamite, a collection of short stories which appeared in 1968 and led to an obscenity trial, was published by Second Coming Press in 1980. Several of his works have been translated into German and Spanish. Recently he has written fewer poems and has become known as a primitive painter.
Micheline's poetry chronicles the different worlds in which he has lived and travelled, as well as the pain and triumph of being a poet. Much of Micheline's work is meant to be read aloud, and he continues to give poetry readings
Information taken from Gerald Nicosia 's article in the Dictionary of Literary Biography and from notes by the poet.

Scope and Content

The correspondence of Jack Micheline characterizes the personal and financial difficulties of a writer living and working outside of the mainstream culture of his time. Letters to and from his family, friends, acquaintances, publishers, and other business associates reveal a great deal about his personal and creative life. Several well-known figures of the Beat Generation are represented in the correspondence (Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, and others) as well as many lesser-known writers of the era. Included are copies of letters of support for Micheline in his "Skinny Dynamite" obscenity case of 1969 by Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, and others.
The bulk of the collection consists of Micheline's writing. Many stages of the writing process are in evidence, from the first random jottings to the printed product. A group of notebooks for the years 1958 to 1978 contains notes, poems, pictures, and addresses, chronicling time spent in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Paris. Also included is a selection of prose works, ranging from short character sketches and descriptions to polished stories, which often introduce subjects treated again in his poetry. The poetry collection, like the prose, has works in all stages of preparation. Frequently there are several manuscript and typescript versions of the same piece, many of which are signed and annotated by the author. A small section of dramatic writings contains the original and working scripts for East Bleeker, as well as other sketches and short plays
In addition to Micheline's own manuscripts, the collection includes poems addressed to Micheline and a small number of poems collected by Micheline. There are also two folders of his drawings and some personal papers, including his petition to change his name and sketches of Micheline.
Key to Folder Abbreviations:
Folders often contain variant versions of the same poem. On the outside of the folder is a list of abbreviations indicating the types of drafts within the folder:
  • ms: autograph manuscript
  • ts: typescript
  • printed: published version
  • photocopy: photocopy made by the author
  • carbon: carbon copy of typescript
  • drafts: texts of the copies are different (either minor or major revisions)
  • annotated: author has revised the text by hand
  • illustrated: page contains drawing as well as text
  • signed: copy signed by author
  • ts [photocopy]: photocopy made by The Bancroft Library. Original is elsewhere in the collection.

Boxes 1-2

SERIES 1. CORRESPONDENCE AND PERSONAL PAPERS, ca. 1948-1985.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Divided into two sub-series: outgoing letters, arranged chronologically, and incoming letters, which have been arranged in three sections. First, major correspondents arranged alphabetically by name; second, miscellaneous correspondents arranged alphabetically by last name; and finally, miscellaneous correspondence, arranged alphabetically by first name when no last name is present.
Correspondence is with family, friends, publishers, business associates, and other writers. Includes letters relating to the "Skinny Dynamite" obscenity case. Personal materials include sketches of Micheline, biographical sketches, and legal documents.
 

OUTGOING LETTERS

Box 1, folder 1

Micheline, Jack, 1929- 1958-61

Physical Description: 21
folder 2

Micheline, Jack, 1929- 1962-72

Physical Description: 19
folder 3

Micheline, Jack, 1929- 1973-85

Physical Description: 14
folder 4

Micheline, Jack, 1929- n.d.

Physical Description: 16
 

INCOMING LETTERS.

Box 1, folder 5

Baldwin, James, 1924- n.d.

Physical Description: 1
folder 6

Brown, Frank London Sept. 13, 1958

Physical Description: 1
folder 7

Bukowski, Charles 1972-75, n.d.

Physical Description: 11
folder 8

Carroll, Paul n.d.

Physical Description: 2
folder 9

Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923- July 18, 1960

Physical Description: 1
folder 10

City Lights Books April 19, 1976

Physical Description: 1
folder 11

Congdon, Kirby 1964-76

Physical Description: 7

Scope and Content Note

Includes the poem "Jack Micheline" by Congdon
folder 12

Evergreen Review 1957-59

Physical Description: 4
folder 13

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1970-75, n.d

Physical Description: 3
folder 14

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926- 1969-76

Physical Description: 6
folder 15

Hoyem, Andrew March 28, 1961

Physical Description: 1
folder 16

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1960-61

Physical Description: 2
folder 17

Kamstra, Jerry n.d.

Physical Description: 1
folder 18

Kesey, Ken [1983]

Physical Description: 1
folder 19

Krim, Seymour 1958-79

Physical Description: 10
folder 20

Leslie, Alfred Feb. 4, 1959

Physical Description: 1
folder 21

Mailer, Norman [1969]

Physical Description: 1
folder 22

Micheline, Mimi Redding 1966-69

Physical Description: 5
folder 23

Nicosia, Gerald 1977-83

Physical Description: 2
folder 24

Petersen, Don Dec. 9, 1968

Physical Description: 1
folder 25

Rothenberg, Jerome, 1931- Dec. 10, 1968

Physical Description: 2
folder 26

Schneck, Stephen, 1933- Dec. 23, 1968

Physical Description: 1
folder 27

Selby, Hubert, Jr. 1969

Physical Description: 3
folder 28

Shuster, Robert Nov. 29, 1968

Physical Description: 1
folder 29

Silver, Edward 1961, n.d.

Physical Description: 5
folder 30

Silver, Helen 1948-84, n.d.

Physical Description: 35
folder 31

Socin, Jay Feb. 18, 1968

Physical Description: 1
folder 32

Stiles,Kristine 1976-82

Physical Description: 8
folder 33

Trantino, Tommy 1975, n.d.

Physical Description: 11
folder 34

Wehrenberg, Charles n.d.

Physical Description: 3
folder 35

Weissner, Carl 1976-82

Physical Description: 23
folder 36

Winans, A. D. 1979-80, n.d.

Physical Description: 11
Box 2, folder 1

A miscellaneous 1978, n.d.

Physical Description: 7
folder 2

B miscellaneous 1957-80

Physical Description: 19
folder 3

C miscellaneous 1966-84

Physical Description: 22
folder 4

D miscellaneous 1965-77

Physical Description: 8
folder 5

E-F miscellaneous 1960-77

Physical Description: 17
folder 6

G miscellaneous 1960-80

Physical Description: 15
folder 7

H-J miscellaneous 1969-84

Physical Description: 13
folder 8

K miscellaneous 1957-78

Physical Description: 8
folder 9

L miscellaneous 1957-83

Physical Description: 22
folder 10

M miscellaneous 1964-84

Physical Description: 15
folder 11

N miscellaneous 1959-82

Physical Description: 13
folder 12

O-Q miscellaneous 1961-82

Physical Description: 31
folder 13

R miscellaneous 1964-82

Physical Description: 20
folder 14

S miscellaneous 1958-82

Physical Description: 20
folder 15

T-V miscellaneous 1959-80

Physical Description: 23
folder 16

W-Z miscellaneous 1960-83

Physical Description: 17
folder 17

A-C miscellaneous, first name only 1962-82

Physical Description: 22
folder 18

D-J miscellaneous, first name only 1962-80

Physical Description: 33
folder 19

K-R miscellaneous, first name only 1958-80

Physical Description: 26
folder 20

S-Z miscellaneous, first name only 1957-84

Physical Description: 10
folder 21

Envelopes addressed to Micheline 1960-79

Physical Description: 10
folder 22

Unidentified correspondents, letter fragments 1956-81

Physical Description: 33
folder 23

Personal Papers

Scope and Content Note

Includes sketches and post cards of Micheline, biographical sketches, and legal documents relating to his name change and publications.
Cartons 1-2; carton 3, folders 1-208

SERIES 2. POETRY AND POETRY NOTES AND FRAGMENTS, ca. 1955-1984.

Scope and Content Note

Poems arranged alphabetically by title or, in the case of untitled poems, by first line. Notes and poetry fragments are found at the end of this series. Unrelated poems with the same title are differentiated by the notation [1] or [2]. An attempt has been made to keep different versions of the same poem together, although each title is listed. In general, Micheline's spelling and capitalization have been preserved in the listings. In cases of an obvious misspelling in the first word of the title, poems have been alphabetized with the correct spelling. For example, "Thier [sic] is no truth" has been filed as if it were "There is no truth."
Ctn. 1, folder 1

Above the Bowery a Guy Named Joe [1957-60?]

folder 2

After their death who will nourish the brave n.d.

folder 3

ain't no where to go in this town n.d.

folder 4

All American Poets Are in Prison 1969

folder 5

American Graveyard [1957-1970?]

folder 6

American Nation n.d.

folder 7

The American Tourist n.d.

folder 8

amid the avenue of lights n.d.

folder 9

And You Let the Poets Die n.d.

folder 10

The Angels Shall Not Die No More 1969

folder 11

As long as I remember n.d.

folder 12

Ask Me of This World [1957-1960?]

folder 13

The Assasin [1957-1965?]

folder 14

Association of Freaks 1973

folder 15

At Dusk on the Staten Island Ferry [1957-1963?]

folder 16

An attempt to define art n.d.

folder 17

Au revoir 1964

folder 18

Aunt Tilly's Rag n.d.

folder 19

Autobiography #1 [1957-1960?]

folder 20

Awald [sic] amid voices and dreams n.d.

folder 21

Back of Town Blues 1958

folder 22

Ballad of Benny Roads [1959-1963?]

folder 23

Ballad of Charlie A [1957-1960?]

folder 24

The Ballad of Freddy Cohane [1957-1963?]

folder 25

Ballad of Freddy Jones [1957-1960?]

folder 26

Ballad of Jimmy Nelson 1960

folder 27

Ballad of the Source [1957-1963?]

folder 28

Before Darkness n.d.

folder 29

Before Dusk [1955-1963?]

folder 30

The Bells of Notre Dame [1955-1963?]

folder 31

Benny Blues [1959-1963?]

folder 32

Bernie Abramowitz [1958-1964?]

folder 33

Beshun by all n.d.

folder 34

Better to Die Than to Hang On n.d.

folder 35

Betty [1957-1960?]

folder 36

Beware n.d.

folder 37

Beyond a doubt 1979

folder 38

Billy's Song [1957-1960?]

folder 39

Bitter seed n.d.

folder 40

Black and White n.d.

folder 41

Black Day in Spain [1955-1963?]

folder 42

black rock green moss and the sea n.d.

folder 43

Blind Man and Child n.d.

folder 44

Blue Bonnet n.d.

folder 45

Blues [1957-1960?]

folder 46

Blues for Rainy Cass n.d.

folder 47

Blues for Taj n.d.

folder 48

Boursoursie n.d.

folder 49

Brave Souls [1959-1963?]

folder 50

Brooklyn at Sunset [1957-1970?]

folder 51

Brothers Underground [1959-1963?]

folder 52

The Bug 1974

folder 53

The Bull [1958-1964?]

folder 54

Charlie A [1955-1963?]

folder 55

Chicago 1963

folder 56

Chicago before evening n.d.

folder 57

Chicago Poem 1960

folder 58

Chicago Rooming House [1955-1963?]

folder 59

The chickens against mankind n.d.

folder 60

The children play n.d.

folder 61

The Choice of the Living [1955-1963?]

folder 62

Chop Suey [1957-1970?]

folder 63

The Citadels [1958-1964?]

folder 64

cities come and cities go n.d.

folder 65

The cities stand ... n.d.

folder 66

The City [1957-1963?]

folder 67

City at Dusk 1964

folder 68

The City Before Evening 1964

folder 69

City Cowboy n.d.

folder 70

The City of Time 1984

 

The city rides back and forth like the sea

see "The city rides with the waves of the sea"

folder 71

The city rides with the waves of the sea n.d.

folder 72

Cockymoon n.d.

folder 73

Coffee Break [1959-1963?]

folder 74

Come to Me n.d.

folder 75

The Commachees 1962

folder 76

Comments on Leaving Musorgsky's "Paintings at the exhibition" n.d.

folder 77

Concerto of Life [1957-1963?]

folder 78

Condemned to Die [1955-1963?]

folder 79

Coney Island [1957-1960?]

folder 80

Contrast 1932-1963 [1963?]

folder 81

Conversation with Jack Kerouac n.d.

folder 82

Couldn't go out of town n.d.

folder 83

Crazy n.d.

folder 84

Creation n.d.

folder 85

the cries of mankind soar above the cities n.d.

folder 86

Cross Country [1955-1963?]

folder 87

Cross of Harlem n.d.

folder 88

Cubby Selby's Sea n.d.

folder 89

A Cube of Blue Sugar 1984

folder 90

Dam if I'm gonna write to please n.d.

folder 91

Dark and tired n.d.

folder 92

Dark Waters [1959-1963?]

folder 93

Darkness n.d.

folder 94

The dead are gone with the children on the benches 1960

folder 95

The dead know nothing n.d.

folder 96

Dear Jimmy n.d.

folder 97

Dear Lawrence Fherlinghetti [sic] [1957-1960?]

folder 98

death on the streets n.d.

folder 99

Death Ogre for the Lower East Side 1963

folder 100

Despair 1964

folder 101

Destiny of Man [1955-1963?]

folder 102

Dialouge [sic] Between Man and woman n.d.

folder 103

The discarded shoes worn to the bone n.d.

folder 104

A dog howled in the middle of the street n.d.

folder 105

Dogs, Women and Horses Asses 1969

folder 106

Dollar Bill 1971

folder 107

Don't Let Em Get You Down n.d.

folder 108

Doomsday in Eternity 1968

folder 109

down by the wind they are calling me n.d.

folder 110

Down in Philly [1959-1963?]

folder 111

Dream Child n.d.

folder 112

Drummer in Hell n.d.

folder 113

The Drunkard n.d.

folder 114

East Bleeker n.d.

folder 115

East Houston Street Rock [1958-1964?]

folder 116

Eleanor [1] [1955-1963?]

folder 117

Eleanor [2] n.d.

folder 118

Eleven sunsets n.d.

folder 119

Enchanted Music n.d.

folder 120

The End of the Road [1957-1960?]

folder 121

Erimino [1959-1963?]

folder 122

Excerpts of a letter to Lawrence Fherlinghetti [sic] 1960

folder 123

The eye is so good now n.d.

folder 124

The Eyeball n.d.

folder 125

Face in a coffee shop window n.d.

folder 126

A Face in the City [1955-1963?]

folder 127

Faces of the Cities [1959-1963?]

folder 128

Faces of Harlem n.d.

folder 129

Farewell 1960

folder 130

Fat Annie [1957-1963?]

folder 131

feeble minds of man bear no witness n.d.

folder 132

Final Poem in [?] [1959-1963?]

folder 133

Final Statement of S[?] [1957-1960]

folder 134

Final Street Poem 1971

folder 135

Finality [1958-1964?]

folder 136

Fire is Burning on the Earth Somewhere n.d.

folder 137

Five Midwestern Blues [1959-1963?]

folder 138

Flora [1958-1964?]

folder 139

For a fellow Poet on her Birthday n.d.

folder 140

For Franz Kline [1957-1963?]

folder 141

For Genet [1957-1963?]

folder 142

For Mimi [1963-1965?]

folder 143

For my poems shall live 200 years n.d.

folder 144

For when man reaches the point n.d.

folder 145

Forever No Homeland 1961

folder 146

four bulls n.d.

folder 147

Four Poets n.d.

folder 148

Frank n.d.

folder 149

Franklin Brown [1957-1960?]

folder 150

The Freak n.d.

folder 151

Friday April 5, 1961 [1961?]

folder 152

From a letter to Bukowski 1971

folder 153

From Cavities n.d.

folder 154

fuck the world n.d.

folder 155

The Fucking Sun Forever 1968

folder 156

The G[?] of Vienna 1981

folder 157

The Gang [1955-1963?]

folder 158

Genius Child n.d.

folder 159

George [1963?]

folder 160

Geraldine 1974

folder 161

Getting to the Poem 1981

folder 162

The Ghoul Squad [1957-1960?]

folder 163

a girl came out of the wilds of france n.d.

folder 164

Give Life to the Bird(s) 1960, 1961

folder 165

give me back n.d.

folder 166

Go Cry For the Sun 1962

folder 167

Go east on a lonely street n.d.

folder 168

go to the people n.d.

folder 169

God Bless the Unknown 1982

folder 170

God Dam Our Eyes [1963-1965?]

folder 171

The Goring of Thomas Parrar n.d.

folder 172

A Guy and a Dream Out of Rock [1957-1963?]

folder 173

A Guy Named Ed Balchowshy and a Guy Named Franz Kline 1969

folder 174

A Guy named Joe n.d.

folder 175

A Guy Named Paradee 1969

folder 176

A Guy With a Gorilla on His Back [1959-1963?]

folder 177

Hail to My Friends who paint this city n.d.

folder 178

Hattie Green n.d.

folder 179

He asked me where I was bound for n.d.

folder 180

he carried home some n.d.

folder 181

He was the silent one n.d.

folder 182

The Heat of the Damned 1956, 1958

folder 183

Help the blind n.d.

folder 184

Henry Miller looks from a bridge n.d.

 

her name was just sophie

see "Just a Girl by the Name of Sophie"

folder 185

her nose like Buttercups n.d.

folder 186

He's singing the poor poet n.d.

folder 187

History is a chicken without wings n.d.

folder 188

History is the wings of an angel n.d.

folder 189

Holly of My Mind n.d.

folder 190

The Holy Crusade n.d.

folder 191

Holy Mary I pray for thee n.d.

folder 192

Homage to Mickey

see also prose, "The Tormentors" [1]
[1957-1965?]

folder 193

Homage to Sherwood [1959-1963?]

folder 194

The Horn Blows Forever [1959-1963?]

folder 195

The Horse Player [1955-1963?]

folder 196

The horse riders n.d.

folder 197

The hot summer afternoon n.d.

folder 198

How Can It Be That America Dreams/Only of Money [1957-1961?]

folder 199

I n.d.

folder 200

I ain't going no where n.d.

folder 201

I am a poet 1960

folder 202

I am a proud man n.d.

folder 203

I am a rare bird 1962

folder 204

I am drunk and hungry n.d.

folder 205

I am in anestatic [sic] state n.d.

folder 206

i am the datk [sic] freighter 1974

folder 207

I aspire grass n.d.

folder 208

I blow breathe to salute the sun disappearing [1959?]

folder 209

I came into the city n.d.

folder 210

I dreamt I died blowing A Horn 1971

folder 211

I dreamt I was an Indian n.d.

folder 212

I followed you down that street n.d.

folder 213

I had a dream n.d.

folder 214

I have burnt myself out too long in this city n.d.

folder 215

I have heard your heart beat on in the night [1963-1965?]

 

I have thrown my passport away,

see "Penny Poem"

folder 216

I keep growing by some miracle n.d.

folder 217

I kiss the dead face of a Russian girl 1969

folder 218

I laugh at the fools n.d.

folder 219

I light my candle n.d.

folder 220

I Married Pain and Smelly Feet/Mimi's Song [1963-1965?]

folder 221

I proclaim my truth to a world I will never make n.d.

folder 222

I Raise My Glass to a Dutchman [1955-1963?]

folder 223

I saw a lot of blue faces riding in subway trains n.d.

folder 224

I Say Believe It [1957-1960?]

folder 225

I say the sun shines n.d.

folder 226

I see your faces as I stroll in the cities 1960

folder 227

I sell my blood for six pesos n.d.

 

I shall dream of the cities

see "who shall dream of the cities"

 

I shall go to the corners of my city

see "who shall go to the corners..."

folder 228

I speak of death now n.d.

folder 229

I tell you n.d.

folder 230

I tell you this earth is a dream n.d.

folder 231

I tell you your eyes n.d.

folder 232

I Walk the Earth 1958

folder 233

I Walk Tonight n.d.

folder 234

I want to lie in the gutters n.d.

folder 235

I wanted to cry when I saw the child's face n.d.

folder 236

I wanted to touch their faces n.d.

folder 237

I was born in the forest n.d.

folder 238

I weep n.d.

folder 239

I weep for America n.d.

folder 240

I will build you n.d.

folder 241

I Will Poem the City [1957-1963?]

folder 242

I will read my poems to the flowers n.d.

folder 243

Identity n.d.

folder 244

If we compromise our beliefs [1963?]

folder 245

Illumination n.d.

folder 246

I'm a clown n.d.

folder 247

Immortality 1958,1963, 1969

folder 248

In n.d.

folder 249

In a loft of winter n.d.

folder 250

In Honor of a Rare Man [1959-1963?]

folder 251

In the dephts [sic] n.d.

folder 252

In the Depths Song [1957-1960?]

folder 253

In the Home for the Sages of Israel [1955-1963?]

folder 254

in the lights of Mexico City n.d.

folder 255

In the Morning on the Bowery [1955-1963?]

folder 256

In the Rain 1961

folder 257

in the streets of his fairy moons n.d.

folder 258

Indeed Little People Make Up the World 1962

folder 259

It n.d.

folder 260

It hurts this love of ours n.d.

folder 261

It Is Not Here on Earth I Am Seeking 1964, 1971

folder 262

It is past noon n.d.

folder 263

It is the Self Righteous [sic] that kill n.d.

folder 264

It Was a Day [1957-1963?]

folder 265

It was a wild night n.d.

folder 266

It was eleven o`clock at night n.d.

folder 267

It was on the bowery 1963

folder 268

It will Be After [1955-1963?]

folder 269

It's sweet people n.d.

folder 270

Jazz Musician [1957-1963?]

folder 271

Jenny Lee 1959

folder 272

Jo Calamine [1957-1960?]

folder 273

Junky Blues [1955-1963?]

folder 274

Junky Heaven [1955-1963?]

folder 275

Just a Girl by the Name of Sophie [1957-1963?]

folder 276

Just Another View [1957-1960?]

folder 277

Just Notes Walking Around Times Square 1963

folder 278

Just Some Notes on a Long Poem 1962

folder 279

Just Two Eyes Like Poems 1975

folder 280

Just wandering around n.d.

folder 281

Kennedy shot to death in L.A. 1968

folder 282

Kerouac n.d.

folder 283

The Kid [1957-1965?]

folder 284

The King of the Beggars [1957-1960?]

folder 285

Kuboya 1972

Ctn. 2, folder 1

Last Night n.d.

folder 2

Last Poem [1957-1963?]

folder 3

Last Poem in New York 1960

folder 4

Let Me Become a Criminal and a Junkie [1963-1965?]

folder 5

Let me fuck bagels n.d.

folder 6

Let me get drunk on dreamers [sic] wine n.d.

folder 7

Let my n.d.

folder 8

let the children sing and play 1976

folder 9

Let the cities rise above the water n.d.

folder 10

let the flower come in all 1961

folder 11

Lets [sic] all sit around and talk it over n.d.

folder 12

A Letter to a Poet [1957-1960?]

folder 13

Letter to the Outsider 1963

folder 14

Librizzi's Childhood 1961

folder 15

Life is hard n.d.

folder 16

Life is not a game n.d.

folder 17

Life of a Real Poet [1957-1963?]

folder 18

Light Up the Sky [1955-1963?]

folder 19

The lights of the cities flashed across my eyes n.d.

folder 20

Like a chinaman walking in the sky n.d.

folder 21

The lions of fire n.d.

folder 22

Litany to a Lost Ego or My Head 1967

folder 23

Little Boy [1955-1963?]

folder 24

Little child where is your slipper n.d.

folder 25

Little Dog walking across the road n.d.

folder 26

Little Lucie n.d.

folder 27

Long before he met her he had dreamed of fucking a Spaniard n.d.

folder 28

Long Corridor [1957-1961?]

folder 29

Long Hair and Wild Eyes 1962

folder 30

Long Live Charles Micheline n.d.

folder 31

Long Live The Little People 1981

folder 32

A Long Time 1969

folder 33

A Look Back At My Youth 1959

folder 34

Looking For a higher Nature 1984

folder 35

The Lot on Chrystie Street 1963

folder 36

Louise 1964

folder 37

Love Poem for a Spring Afternoon n.d.

folder 38

Love Poem for a Sunday Afternoon 1963

folder 39

Love Poem in Arcadia with a Hundred Horses Running the Stretch n.d.

folder 40

Love Poem To Erika Wain 1969

folder 41

Love Song After a Murder 1964

folder 42

Mabel's Song n.d.

folder 43

Madness is crying in your cities n.d.

folder 44

The Magic Morning Flower and the Sun 1975

folder 45

Man n.d.

folder 46

Man Mumanos n.d.

folder 47

Man is the Enemy [1957-1963?]

folder 48

A Man with a Horn 1973

folder 49

Manhattan Kansas 1968

folder 50

Man's Fate [1959-1963?]

folder 51

Marie [1957-1960?]

folder 52

Mary O' Gypsy Blue Eyes 1963

folder 53

Memories of South Park [1959-1963?]

folder 54

Met a fat girl n.d.

folder 55

Mexico Saturday Night n.d.

folder 56

Mid August 1961

folder 57

The Midget [1957-1965?]

folder 58

Miserè Noblé [1957-1960?]

folder 59

Mr. Blue Bird 1961

folder 60

A Moment of Life 1974

folder 61

Moment of truth n.d.

folder 62

Monday in Rotterdam n.d.

folder 63

money kills like the sounds of adding machines n.d.

folder 64

The Moon [Is?] the Sun [1957-1960?]

folder 65

Mordecai 1972

folder 66

Mother [1955-1963?]

folder 67

Muscatel [1957-1960?]

folder 68

My American land is not brave n.d.

folder 69

My City [1955-1963?]

folder 70

My connections are with fire 1973

folder 71

My Final Poem for Poets to Come 1982

 

My Head

see "Litany to a Lost Ego or My Head"

folder 72

My Philosophy 1975

folder 73

My Poem on Death [1957-1963?]

folder 74

My Poem to the Wild [1959-1963?]

folder 75

My Poets Life [1957-1963?]

folder 76

My roots n.d.

folder 77

My University of Learning 1961

folder 78

The Nag [1957-1960?]

folder 79

The Naked Art, Poetry, Humanity and Street Hustling [1957-1970?]

 

New Love to be Found

see "A Guy named Paradee"

folder 80

Nigger Arm [1957-1970?]

folder 81

Night City 1957

folder 82

Nine Guns For a Sailor 1960,1961

folder 83

No dandelion Earth 1961

folder 84

no law on this earth n.d.

folder 85

No Middle Ground 1960

folder 86

No place to go 1974

folder 87

Nobody Has Time For Light [1957-1970?]

folder 88

Noon City [1957-1960?]

folder 89

Nor do I wish to transform what is already here n.d.

folder 90

North Clark Street Midnight [1957-1960?]

folder 91

not the moralist who kill their own daughters n.d.

folder 92

Notes[1] [1957-1960?]

folder 93

Notes[2] [1957-1960?]

folder 94

Notes in Route [1959-1963?]

folder 95

Notes on 1 Feb. '65 1965

folder 96

Notes on Insanity 1960

folder 97

Nourish the Brave [1959-1963?]

folder 98

O' Believe n.d.

folder 99

O' Bottle Carriers n.d.

folder 100

O' Harlem 1961

folder 101

O' hidden pain n.d.

folder 102

O' Kind Heart in a Realistic World [1963-1965?]

folder 103

O' Mama Don't Cry

see also "Poem to My Mother's Heart"
n.d.

folder 104

O' mother of lonliness and agony 1961

folder 105

O' Mother unloved Dark Moons in your Eyes n.d.

folder 106

O' Rare People [1955-1963?]

folder 107

O' the dead stalks the corridors of airports n.d.

folder 108

O' This Great American Desert [1958-1964?]

folder 109

October 27, 1973 1973

folder 110

Of These Proletarian Waters [1957-1960?]

folder 111

Oh mother n.d.

folder 112

Old Doc [1956-1960?]

folder 113

An old Italian man ... n.d.

folder 114

Old Maid 1971

folder 115

Olive Street St. Louis [1957-1960?]

folder 116

On Columbia Heights [1959-1963?]

folder 117

On Franz Kline 1968

folder 118

On My Way to Boston Need Five Bucks [1957-1970?]

folder 119

On Poetry 1960

folder 120

On Some Missing Poems [1957-1960?]

folder 121

On the Banks of the Harlem River 1959

folder 122

on the bottom the belly is the heart n.d.

folder 123

On the Bowery [1957-1960?]

folder 124

On the Corner [1959-1963?]

folder 125

On the Curbstones [1957-1961?]

folder 126

On the Fringe [1955-1963?]

folder 127

On Vision [1959-1963?]

folder 128

On Writing [1957-1961?]

folder 129

One Arm 1973

folder 130

One Black Bird 1964

folder 131

One city n.d.

folder 132

One must speak n.d.

folder 133

One night in jail n.d.

folder 134

One of the Respected Families of Columbus Ohio [1957-1960?]

folder 135

The Other Side Od [sic] Freedom n.d.

folder 136

Over the Ruins 1961

folder 137

Paris 1964

folder 138

Paris at Dusk n.d.

folder 139

Penny Poem 1969

folder 140

People Waiting in Line for Tickets n.d.

folder 141

A Piece of Lemon [1957-1963?]

folder 142

The Plungers, the Tight Wads, Greed and the big Kell n.d.

folder 143

Poem: Everywhere I go is beauty n.d.

folder 144

Poem: he carried home a body ... [1957-1963?]

folder 145

Poem: I got no smile cause I'm down 1969

folder 146

Poem: It is Thursday morning 1971

folder 147

Poem: Man does not want to share... 1973,1977

folder 148

Poem: The sound of the sireon [sic] n.d.

folder 149

Poem: There is no separation [1957-1970?]

folder 150

Poem: under the arch, it drizzled... n.d.

 

Poem

see "Immortality"

folder 151

Poem after a Long Journey Embracing the Universe 1983

folder 152

Poem After the Cuban Revolution [1957-1960?]

folder 153

Poem At Barney's For Paul 1969

folder 154

A Poem at 10 in the Morning 1962

folder 155

Poem For a Dead Musician [1957-1960?]

folder 156

Poem For a Saturday Afternoon 1963

folder 157

Poem for Bukowski 1968

folder 158

Poem for Byron Hunt n.d.

folder 159

Poem for Cock Suckers n.d.

folder 160

Poem For The Children 1982

folder 161

Poem For the First of October 1962 1962

folder 162

Poem For the Future [1959-1963?]

 

Poem for the Seventeenth of Oct. 1962

see "Poem for the Seventeenth of Nov. 1962"

folder 163

Poem For the Seventeenth of Nov. 1962 1962

folder 164

A Poem for those who make a business of Poetry 1961

folder 165

Poem for Tony n.d.

folder 166

Poem for Willie 1967

folder 167

Poem From a Letter to Bob Blossom [1957-1963?]

folder 168

Poem from Chatham Square 1968

 

Poem in memory of my grandmother

 

Louise Silve Lipinsky

see "Soul"

folder 169

Poem in the Afternoon 1961

folder 170

Poem in Twilight of Spain [1963-1965?]

folder 171

Poem on a Chicago Rooftop [1957-1963?]

folder 172

Poem on a Saturday Night to Mimi 1964

folder 173

Poem on a Sunday Nov 1, 1964 1964

folder 174

A Poem on Cruelty [1955-1963?]

folder 175

Poem on Poverty [1959-1963?]

folder 176

Poem on Reality 1965

folder 177

Poem on the Death of a friend Jay Socin 1968

 

Poem on the Cuban Revolution

see "Poem After the Cuban Revolution"

folder 178

A Poem to a City 1975

folder 179

Poem to a dead pigeon 1964

folder 180

Poem To A Dizzy Babe 1975

folder 181

Poem To A Flower n.d.

folder 182

Poem to a Friend [1] 1959

folder 183

Poem to a Friend [2] n.d.

folder 184

Poem to a Lost Gone Soul [1957-1970?]

folder 185

Poem to a Lost Poet 1963

folder 186

Poem to a Suicide 1968

folder 187

Poem to a Young Poet, Rusty Wilson [1957-1963?]

folder 188

Poem to a Young Spanish Boy n.d.

folder 189

Poem to Acquaintances and Friends [1963-1965?]

folder 190

Poem to America [1] [1955-1963?]

folder 191

Poem to America [2] n.d.

folder 192

Poem to America and Yevtushenko 1961

 

Poem to Appolinaire

see "Au revoir"

folder 193

Poem to Brave Mandelstam [1957-1963?]

folder 194

Poem to Buk and the Brave n.d.

folder 195

Poem to Danny Propper and the rest of the Universe, part one n.d.

folder 196

Poem to Ed Balchowski n.d.

folder 197

Poem to Five Blown Minds n.d.

folder 198

Poem to Flowers [1957-1963?]

folder 199

Poem to Greek Sailors [1957-1963?]

folder 200

Poem to Jackie n.d.

folder 201

Poem to James Baldwin 1962

folder 202

Poem to John Wieners [1957-1970?]

folder 203

Poem to Lennie [1957-1960?]

folder 204

Poem to Mimi 1964

 

Poem to My fellow American Writers

see "A Poem to My Fellow Writers and Those Who Cannot Weep Anymore"

folder 205

A Poem to My Fellow Writers/Those Who Cannot Weep Anymore [1957-1960?]

folder 206

Poem to My Mother's Heart

see also "O' Mama Don't Cry"
1962

folder 207

Poem to Nicanor Parra 1976

folder 208

Poem to Paris n.d.

folder 209

Poem to Pigs and Politicians [1957-1970?]

 

Poem to Rusty Wilson, a young poet

see "Poem to a Young Poet, Rusty Wilson"

folder 210

Poem to Six Giants [1958-1964?]

folder 211

Poem to the After World [1958-1964?]

folder 212

Poem to the Avante Garde Publishing Houses [1957-1970?]

folder 213

Poem to the City of New York 1981

folder 214

A Poem to the Coming of My Thirtieth Birthday [1959]

folder 215

Poem to the Freaks 1975

folder 216

Poem to the Middle Class Poets [1958-1964?]

folder 217

Poem to the Outraged 1977

folder 218

Poem to the Stone of Disbelief thrown in the high waters believing a lie 1968

 

Poem to the Wild

see "This Toothless Tramp"

folder 219

Poem Written Crossing the Bowery [1957-1970?]

folder 220

Poem Written in Spain to Reconcile Pain in Life 1964

folder 221

Poem Written in the Rain on Third Ave. 1973

folder 222

Poem Written in the Spanish Twilight 1964

folder 223

Poem Written on a Hollywood Back Street Sunday Morning 1969

folder 224

Poem Written on a Sunday Evening Above [?] Bay n.d.

folder 225

Poem Written on a Sunday in Spain [1963-1965?]

folder 226

Poem written Walking the streets of The City 1970

folder 227

Poet in the City 1959

folder 228

Poet of the Streets 1960

folder 229

A Poet Walks in Harlem 1957

folder 230

The Poor 1964

folder 231

Poor Girl Blues -- To Ninth Street [1955-1963?]

folder 232

Poor Poet n.d.

folder 233

Poor White Fight Back 1974

folder 234

Poor White Writer n.d.

folder 235

The Preacher n.d.

folder 236

Preachers and Politicians n.d.

folder 237

Prisoners Song [1957-1960?]

folder 238

Prolouge [sic] To A Liberated Life 1983

folder 239

Prologue to East Bleeker [1955-1963?]

folder 240

The Prophet 1959

folder 241

a prostitute and a poet stands one n.d.

folder 242

A Prostitute Looks at Mona Lisa 1959

folder 243

Puerto Rican Lovers [1957-1960?]

folder 244

Puerto Rican Mother [1957-1960?]

folder 245

Puerto Rican Rumble [1957-1963?]

folder 246

Pull it in its too loose n.d.

folder 247

Pussy Willow [1957-1963?]

folder 248

The Rabbi [1957-1963?]

folder 249

Rabbi Katz n.d.

folder 250

The rain came 1962

folder 251

Rambling Jack (a biography) 1981

folder 252

Raymond [1958-1964?]

folder 253

read your poems poet n.d.

folder 254

Reality Now Dream and Death [1963-1965?]

folder 255

Red Haired Goddess [1957-1960?]

folder 256

Red moon over the world n.d.

folder 257

Reflections on a Saturday Afternoon n.d.

folder 258

Reflections in the Evening 1962

folder 259

Reflections of City Life 1952

folder 260

Reflections on Saints n.d.

folder 261

The Respected Cowards [1955-1963?]

folder 262

Richard Banko Was His Name [1957-1970?]

folder 263

Ride n.d.

folder 264

Rise Out of Hell [1960?]

folder 265

River of Red Wine [1955-1963?]

folder 266

Rock Bottom Judy [1959-1963?]

folder 267

Rosie n.d.

folder 268

The rub of love n.d.

Ctn. 3, folder 1

Sacramento High 1968

folder 2

Saint Joan lived in Beauvais n.d.

folder 3

Salsulito n.d.

folder 4

Saturday Afternoon 1965

folder 5

Saturday morning sunshine n.d.

folder 6

The Savage [1955-1963?]

folder 7

Secrets of Youth [1963-1965?]

folder 8

Seven Russians laughing n.d.

folder 9

She did not know words n.d.

folder 10

She sat there in her underwear n.d.

folder 11

Shoe Shine Joe n.d.

folder 12

Short Trips n.d.

folder 13

Shuffling the Deck [1957-1970?]

folder 14

Sicilian Spring n.d.

folder 15

The singers they weep on the shore n.d.

folder 16

Sit Under the Trees [1959-1963?]

folder 17

Skinny Box Blues [1956-1961?]

folder 18

Sky High Moma n.d.

folder 19

The Snakes of darkness n.d.

folder 20

The Soaring Bird Reflects a Living Landscape 1968

folder 21

Some American Poet Gone Astray [1955-1963?]

folder 22

Some lines on Kerouac, Charles Mills rambling across the pages of time notes, journals, and the road of the real 1982

folder 23

Some Spanish Stud n.d.

folder 24

Some Thoughts of a Junkie Poet 1964

folder 25

Sometimes I dream of lilies n.d.

 

Sometimes I dream of red lilies

see "Sometimes I dream of lilies"

folder 26

Sometimes I think I am not of this world 1960

folder 27

Sometimes I wonder n.d.

folder 28

Song [1957-1960?]

folder 29

Song of East Bleeker [1] [1955-1963?]

 

Song of East Bleeker [2]

see "Song"

folder 30

Song of I Am a Savage [1957-1960?]

folder 31

The Song of Kid Willie/"The Yahoo Kid" 1968

folder 32

Song of the Hopeless Chase [1957-1960?]

folder 33

A Song to Celebrate Life [1955-1963?]

folder 34

Sons 1959

folder 35

Soul of a Lion n.d.

folder 36

Soul of the Night [1957-1960?]

folder 37

The soul weeps n.d.

folder 38

Souls 1959

folder 39

South Park Hilde 1958

folder 40

South Street Pier [1959-1963?]

folder 41

speak from a flower n.d.

folder 42

Speak to me Chicago n.d.

folder 43

The Spirit of the Souix [sic] Nation [1957-1963?]

folder 44

Square [1959-1963?]

folder 45

Star Shine n.d.

folder 46

The State of California vs. Benny Jackson [1957-1960?]

folder 47

Stella's Song [1957-1960?]

folder 48

A Stick in the Water 1961

folder 49

Still water lies under all bridges n.d.

folder 50

The Story of Josephine and Loretta [1959-1963?]

folder 51

Strange and word tales n.d.

folder 52

The Strata of Homosexual Power/Queenie [1958-1964?]

folder 53

Stray Dogs [1957-1963?]

folder 54

Street of Blind Musicians [1957-1960?]

folder 55

The Street of Lost Fools 1961

folder 56

Street of St. Agony 1957

folder 57

The street was alive n.d.

folder 58

Streets of Harlem n.d.

folder 59

Streets of Harlem cryin [sic] jazz n.d.

folder 60

Study n.d.

folder 61

Submarine [1957-1970?]

folder 62

Sue Ann n.d.

folder 63

Summer Evening in Harlem [1955-1963?]

folder 64

Summer Night By the River [1957-1963?]

folder 65

Summer Streets [1959-1963?]

folder 66

The sun rises from the east n.d.

folder 67

Sunday By the River [1955-1963?]

folder 68

Sunny Jim n.d.

folder 69

Sunsets n.d.

folder 70

Sunshine Hotel [1957-1963?]

folder 71

Sweet Jenny [1957-1960?]

folder 72

Take what is yours your manhood back again 1973

folder 73

Takeoff on Bitterness, Pride, Competition/What One Has To Do To Become A Success n.d.

folder 74

Taking a Good Piss n.d.

folder 75

Tale [1958-1964?]

folder 76

Tatoo 1968

folder 77

Tell me Oh America n.d.

folder 78

Tell me a river n.d.

folder 79

Ten Bucks 1961

folder 80

Ten Lines to Lorca [1957-1960?]

folder 81

ten years ago n.d.

folder 82

Tenant Farmer n.d.

folder 83

Tenth Ave -- Forty-Second St. n.d.

folder 84

That evening in Chicago 1961

folder 85

Theatre Marquee [1955-1963?]

folder 86

Theme to Sooth [sic] the Soul [1957-1960?]

folder 87

There Is a Choice Brother [1958-1964?]

folder 88

There is Allways [sic] an Open Road n.d.

folder 89

[There?] their is no rest in any age n.d.

folder 90

[There?] thier is no truth 1964

folder 91

There's Jazz Cryin In My Belly, Baby [1957-1960?]

folder 92

There's no God n.d.

folder 93

These Streets I Walk Upon 1960

folder 94

They have taken n.d.

folder 95

They took the sky from thier [sic] eyes n.d.

folder 96

This is poetry from the curbstones of America n.d.

folder 97

This is the World I Saw in the Years I Have Wandered [1957-1963?]

folder 98

This isn't a Dream or a Vision or any of that Shit./This is a Love Poem! This is a Song! This is it. 1969

folder 99

This Light Triumphant 1964

folder 100

This Man With Sweet Birds in His Hair [1963-1965?]

folder 101

This Toothless Tramp [1959-1963?]

folder 102

Thoughts of Pain and Rivers 1962

folder 103

Three Blues [1957-1960?]

folder 104

3408 Sunset Blvd. 1969

folder 105

Time is the sea n.d.

folder 106

Times Square [1957-1960?]

folder 107

Tinton Falls 1961

folder 108

To Be A Poet Is To Live And Die 1959

folder 109

To Bob Blosson [1957-1960?]

folder 110

To Boris Lurie n.d.

folder 111

To Jack Kerouac n.d.

folder 112

To know what death is and to be reborn n.d.

folder 113

To Life in some dark corner limp and wild eyed n.d.

folder 114

To Mahalia Jackson n.d.

folder 115

To Mimi Saturday 22 Nov. 1964 1964

folder 116

To My Contemporaries [1957-1960?]

folder 117

To My Son n.d.

folder 118

To plant the seeds n.d.

folder 119

To poets n.d.

folder 120

To the Always Hunted 1960

folder 121

To The Scunzio's Who Attempt To Define Art n.d.

folder 122

To the Wandering Sons of the Cities Gone Astray [1957-1963?]

folder 123

To Those Brave Souls The Brothers of my mind n.d.

folder 124

To Tom McGrath [1955-1963?]

folder 125

Tonight I Push My Wagon Into the Night Sky [1957-1963?]

folder 126

Toward a Graveyard of Light [1956-1961?]

folder 127

Toward Dawn [1957-1963?]

folder 128

Tracing a poet's life n.d.

folder 129

The Train Ride From Hell [1957-1960?]

folder 130

The train rides underneath and over the city n.d.

folder 131

Tuesday Evening in Harlem [1959-1963?]

folder 132

Twang n.d.

folder 133

Two Blues [1957-1960?]

folder 134

277 Bowery [1957-1960?]

folder 135

Two Poems on Man 1964

folder 136

Two Poems Written On a Park Bench On A Winter's Night n.d.

folder 137

Two Riggaletto's and a Jan Pierce n.d.

folder 138

Two Versions of Job [1959-1963?]

folder 139

The U-Boat Commander 1973

folder 140

Under the Stands 1968

folder 141

Up Yours Bob Dylan n.d.

folder 142

Venice n.d.

folder 143

Voices and Singers [1955-1963?]

folder 144

Voices and Dreams [1959-1963?]

folder 145

Wail 1959

folder 146

Wailer Blues [1959-1963?]

folder 147

wailing blues n.d.

folder 148

Wake up to Miles [1955-1963?]

folder 149

A wall of money corrodes my land n.d.

folder 150

Walk Across Town 1959

folder 151

A Walk on the outside for light n.d.

folder 152

Walk to the Bowery n.d.

folder 153

A walk with Charlie Olson n.d.

folder 154

Walking in a City Nocturn 1962

folder 155

Wanderer [1955-1963?]

folder 156

War Chant [1955-1963?]

folder 157

wash your face n.d.

folder 158

Water Towers, Roofs, Aspirations, and Multitudes [1957-1960?]

folder 159

The waters are still 1963

folder 160

We are young and we are damned forever! n.d.

folder 161

we go east with the wind that goes west n.d.

folder 162

We haven't been able n.d.

folder 163

We Walked the Rebel Sun 1958

folder 164

We Who Touched Angels Shall Never Die [1959-1963?]

folder 165

we will go beyond the river n.d.

folder 166

What are we but n.d.

folder 167

What does a young man know about life? n.d.

folder 168

what has happened here in America? n.d.

folder 169

what is the pain n.d.

folder 170

What is this madness n.d.

folder 171

When I die n.d.

folder 172

When the honey's flowing n.d.

folder 173

Where are you ... n.d.

folder 174

Where Shakespere statue stands n.d.

folder 175

Wherever There Are Rebel Sons [1957-1965?]

folder 176

Whiskey madness and Bellvue n.d.

folder 177

White Horns [1957-1963?]

folder 178

White Towers of Man 1959

folder 179

Who is not is and forever n.d.

folder 180

Who shall dream of the cities n.d.

folder 181

Who shall feed the soul n.d.

folder 182

Who shall go to the corners of my city n.d.

folder 183

A Whore Walt Whitman A Poet and God [1957-1960?]

folder 184

Why n.d.

folder 185

Why does the world run from strangers n.d.

folder 186

Wild cat joe n.d.

folder 187

Wild dogs n.d.

folder 188

Wild Hands [1957-1960?]

folder 189

Wild horses on the panier n.d.

folder 190

The wind rises the leaves n.d.

folder 191

Wino Christ 1963

folder 192

With all the names and [numbers?] 1969

folder 193

Woe to the ... n.d.

folder 194

Woke up this morning n.d.

folder 195

Writers Notebook [1955-1963?]

folder 196

Writing While Walking Around [1955-1963?]

folder 197

The years of the kid n.d.

folder 198

Yellow Belly Song n.d.

folder 199

Yellow Horn 1969

folder 200

a yellow moon n.d.

folder 201

The yellow moon looks down n.d.

folder 202

Yolanda 1961

folder 203

You have to have a lot of soul n.d.

folder 204

Your n.d.

folder 205

Zero is Nothing n.d.

folder 206

Zion Hill 1960

folder 207-8

Notes and poetry fragments n.d.

Carton 3, folders 209-219

SERIES 3. ANTHOLOGIES, ca. 1955-1986.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.
Includes manuscripts for published and unpublished collections of both poetry and prose.
Ctn. 3, folder 209

Acapella Rabbi: a jack michelinne sampler 1986

folder 210

Copies of Seeds, Gems, Statements, and Long Poems n.d.

folder 211

Notes of the Lost Cities n.d.

folder 212

Notes of the Lost Cities 1955-1961

folder 213

Poet of the Streets (notes) [1957-1960?]

folder 214

Poet of the Streets [1959-1961?]

folder 215

Skinny Dynamite Stories n.d.

folder 216

Skinny Dynamite and Other Stories n.d.

folder 217

Yellow Horn and other poemsongs 1969

folder 218

Tables of contents for published works

folder 219

Tables of contents for unpublished works n.d.

Carton 4, folders 1-184

SERIES 4. PROSE AND PROSE NOTES AND FRAGMENTS, ca. 1955-1986.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title, with untitled pieces and fragments at the end of the series.
Ctn. 4, folder 1

After the Battle Was Over [1963-1965?]

folder 2

After the Races [1957-1970?]

folder 3

Agonies of a Thousand Junkies [1963-1965?]

folder 4

America is a crazy land n.d.

folder 5

Angel n.d.

folder 6

Angel Baby n.d.

folder 7

Avante Garde Literary Party [1957-1965?]

folder 8

Benny and Blue 1964

folder 9

Benny Lender [1958-1964?]

folder 10

Beyond the Gobi Desert [1957-1965?]

folder 11

The Bitch [1957-1965?]

folder 12

Blue Funk [1955-1963?]

folder 13

Blues For Rainy Cass

see also "Let's Ride on the Angel Goodbye"
[1959-1963?]

folder 14

The Boy [1957-1965?]

folder 15

Bright Eyes 1975

folder 16

Brother to the Tiger [1957-1961?]

folder 17

Brothers Underground 1965

folder 18

The Bullfighter 1964

folder 19

Burial at St. Cloud [1963-1965?]

folder 20

The Calls of the Wild [1963-1965?]

folder 21

Caro, Woman Alone [1957-1965?]

folder 22

The Cat That Turned On the World [1957-1965?]

folder 23

Champane [sic] on the Rocks [1957-1960?]

folder 24

Chapter 2 [1959-1963?]

folder 25

Chicago [1] 1961

folder 26

Chicago [2] 1961

folder 27

The Choice of the Living [1957-1965?]

folder 28

The Cities [1963-1965?]

folder 29

Clara [1957-1965?]

folder 30

Cookie [1957-1960?]

folder 31

Cosmos n.d.

folder 32

The Crazy One n.d.

folder 33

Crazy Willie/Walter [1958-1964?]

folder 34

The Cries of the City [1963-1965?]

folder 35

The Dark Force of Pain [1957-1960?]

folder 36

The Dark Side of Truth [1957-1965?]

folder 37

Dawn [1957-1965?]

folder 38

Dear Allen and Peter 1959

folder 39

Dear America n.d.

folder 40

Death of a Father [1957-1965?]

folder 41

The Degenerate [1963-1965?]

folder 42

Desperation [1957-1965?]

folder 43

The Destroyer of a Dream [1957-1965?]

folder 44

The Dying and the Dead [1963-1965?]

folder 45

Eddie 1961

folder 46

Edith [1963-1965?]

folder 47

Essay on American Life [1958-1964?]

folder 48

Exhilerating Experience [1959-1963?]

folder 49

Flutes in the Trees [1] [1957-1965?]

folder 50

Flutes in the Trees [2] n.d.

folder 51

Freak [1957-1965?]

folder 52

Freddy [1957-1965?]

folder 53

The Gang

see also "Slaughter on Dinghy Street"
[1957-1970?]

folder 54

This Glory Called Civilization 1958

folder 55

Go home and blow 1961

folder 56

The Good Die Young

see also "Legend of Tambi"
n.d.

folder 57

Goofballs and Bennies 1963

folder 58

The Guy Who Fell in Love With a Woman and Her Dog [1963-1965?]

folder 59

The Guy With One Ball [1963-1965?]

folder 60

Harlem (The Negroes) [1963-1965?]

folder 61

Hiding Places n.d.

folder 62

High Pockets 1962

folder 63

His Name Was Al [1957-1965?]

folder 64

The Horn Blows Forever [1957-1965?]

folder 65

Hot Books and Dynamite [1957-1965?]

folder 66

Hot Chicken Soup 1965

folder 67

Hot Item Kid 1962

folder 68

Hurray For the Hunter [1957-1965?]

folder 69

I Reach For My Machine Gun n.d.

folder 70

I Speak of the Cities [1959-1963?]

folder 71

I Want to Capture a City [1957-1965?]

folder 72

In the Bronx [1957-1965?]

folder 73

Irwin [1957-1965?]

folder 74

Jake [1957-1965?]

folder 75

Jamie [1957-1965?]

folder 76

Jeanie [1957-1965?]

folder 77

Jim White [1957-1965?]

folder 78

Jimmy Needles [1957-1965?]

folder 79

John [1957-1965?]

folder 80

Josephine [1963-1965?]

folder 81

Jud Parker [1957-1965?]

folder 82

The Junkie [1963-1965?]

folder 83

Just a Note [1960?]

folder 84

Just Lonely [1957-1965?]

folder 85

Kid Figaro n.d.

folder 86

The kid from Kansas 1976

folder 87

Kid Gomez [1957-1965?]

folder 88

Last Mountain to the Sea [1957-1960?]

folder 89

The Last Roundup [1963-1965?]

folder 90

The Legend of Joan [1957-1965?]

folder 91

The Legend of Larry Bird Taylor n.d.

folder 92

Legend of Tambi

see also "The Good Die Young"
[1957-1965?]

folder 93

The Legend of the Weepers [1957-1965?]

folder 94

Lessick's Kid 1960

folder 95

Let's Ride on the Angel Goodbye

see also "Blues for Rainy Cass"
[1957-1965?]

folder 96

The lice crawled in the cell n.d.

folder 97

Lily 1972

folder 98

The Lion Is Still Roaring [1955-1963?]

folder 99

Life Is a Lone Drummer [1957-1965?]

folder 100

Lorie [1963-1965?]

folder 101

Louise [1957-1965?]

folder 102

Magic Is How Sweet It Is n.d.

folder 103

Magicians and Princesses [1957-1965?]

folder 104

Man, Gold and Diamonds [1957-1965?]

folder 105

A Meaning of a Poets Life [1963-1965?]

folder 106

Memories of a Wild Youth [1957-1965?]

folder 107

Mexican Journal [1957-1960?]

folder 108

Miss Lon[e]liness [1957-1965?]

folder 109

Mr. Greenbaum [1957-1965?]

folder 110

Mr. Manning n.d.

folder 111

A Moment This Day Across the Tracks in Yucatan [1957-1965?]

folder 112

Monique [1957-1965?]

folder 113

The mountain climber n.d.

folder 114

The Music[i]an [1957-1965?]

folder 115

My Eternity 1971

folder 116

My Frightened Land [1957-1960?]

folder 117

The Nature of American Society [1963-1965?]

folder 118

The Naure of Genius 1965

folder 119

The Nature of Man n.d.

folder 120

The Negroes [1963-1965?]

folder 121

Nigger 1961

folder 122

Night of Oblivion and Truth 1955

folder 123

Notes of a Monday Night [1957-1965?]

folder 124

O'Shannon at the Races [1957-1965?]

folder 125

The Old Man [1963-1965?]

folder 126

On the Beat Generation [1957-1965?]

folder 127

An Open Letter To Thw [sic] World n.d.

folder 128

Orgy at Sanish Camp [1957-197-?]

folder 129

A Pair of Bonoculars [sic] [1957-1965?]

folder 130

The Poet [1] [1955-1963?]

folder 131

The Poet [2] 1962

folder 132

Poor Max n.d.

folder 133

Praise Puts a Nail in my Coffin n.d.

folder 134

The Preacher n.d.

folder 135

The Publisher n.d.

folder 136

The Rape of the Sun or Betrayal 1964

folder 137

Reflections of a Whorehouse [1957-1965?]

folder 138

Remembrance of an Ohio Town [1957-1965?]

folder 139

Remembrance of Childhood [1957-1965?]

folder 140

The Respectful Coward [1957-1960?]

folder 141

A Review of the Flower Thief [1957-1961?]

folder 142

Sailor Joe [1957-1965?]

folder 143

A saint to the wall laughing n.d.

folder 144

Sam Nussbaum n.d.

folder 145

Scar [1957-1965?]

folder 146

She Had No Name [1957-1965?]

folder 147

Shimmy [1957-1965?]

folder 148

Skinny Dynamite 1968

folder 149

Slaughter on Dinghy Street

see also "The Gang"
[1957-1965?]

folder 150

Sophie n.d.

folder 151

The Spanish Whore in Paris [1957-1965?]

folder 152

Statement (Dear John) n.d.

folder 153

Statement Concerning the Literary World 1960

folder 154

Statement of a Poet 1961

folder 155

Statement of a Young Poet [1959-1963?]

folder 156

Statement of Belief n.d.

folder 157

The Story of Georgia Bond [1957-1965?]

folder 158

Subway to Suicide [1957-1965?]

folder 159

Sweet Eleanor n.d.

folder 160

The Synagogue [1963-1965?]

folder 161

The System and the Radical [1957-1965?]

folder 162

These are the Teachers, They Affirm life 1983

folder 163

These Faces; These Dreams [1958-1964?]

folder 164

Three Cotton Pickers [1957-1965?]

folder 165

Three Dark Magicians [1957-1965?]

folder 166

Three Dollar Girl [1957-1965?]

folder 167

The Tides of the Sea [1957-1965?]

folder 168

The Tormentors [1]

see also poem, "Homage to Mickey"
[1957-1965?]

folder 169

The Tormentors [2] [1963-1965?]

folder 170

A Tribute to Allen Ginsberg 1984

folder 171

The Triumph of Light [1957-1965?]

folder 172

Two Hebrews [1957-1965?]

folder 173

Village Girls [1963-1965?]

folder 174

Walter n.d.

folder 175

What is a Negro n.d.

folder 176

Whores and Horses [1957-1965?]

folder 177

Whores, Streets, Saints and Dreams n.d.

folder 178

Wild Hands [1957-1965?]

folder 179

Wild Mama n.d.

folder 180

The Wild Seed [1963-1965?]

folder 181

Wino Christ [1957-1965?]

folder 182

Wino Poet [1957-1960?]

folder 183

Yetta [1957-1965?]

folder 184

Untitled prose and prose fragments n.d.

Carton 4, folders 185-215.

SERIES 5. DRAMATIC WORKS, ca. 1955-1969.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged in two subseries: East Bleeker and Miscellaneous, arranged by title. Some of the pieces in the second subseries also relate to East Bleeker, while some are related to poems in the collection. The plays and scenes are a mixture of prose and verse.
 

EAST BLEEKER

Ctn. 4, folder 185

Notes and fragments n.d.

folder 186-7

Working notebooks 1966

folder 188

Original script 1963,1965,1967

folder 189

Working script n.d.

folder 190

Poster and Ticket n.d.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Ctn. 4, folder 191

Ballad of the Source n.d.

folder 192

The Car Scene [1963-1965?]

folder 193

Cornelia Street Winter 1956 [1957-1960?]

folder 194

The Day of the Chickens n.d.

folder 195

Ebb Tide n.d.

folder 196

Forgive my Wild Roses n.d.

folder 197

In the Depths [1957-1960?]

folder 198

Junkie Whorehouse Scene [1957-1965?]

folder 199

Life of a Real Poet n.d.

folder 200

Monolouge [sic] for Freddy Cohane [1957-1965?]

folder 201

Monolouge [sic] [1959?]

folder 202

Mother and Son n.d.

folder 203

The Nature of Man [1955-1963?]

folder 204

New Last Ending 1969

folder 205

Prolouge [sic] to east bleeker [1962-1963?]

folder 206

Realities [1963-1965?]

folder 207

Scene Three [1957-1960?]

folder 208

Stella's Monologue n.d.

folder 209

Strange Girls [1955-1963?]

folder 210

Stray Dogs [1957-1960?]

folder 211

Swinger's Monolouge [sic] n.d.

folder 212

Two Men and the World [1957-1965?]

folder 213

The Wake n.d.

folder 214

We Who Touched Angels [1957-1960?]

folder 215

Yucatan Scene [1957-1960?]

Carton 5, folders 1-30.

SERIES 6. NOTEBOOKS, ca. 1958-1978.

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.
Notebooks contain notes, sketches, poems, and addresses.
Ctn. 5, folder 1-2

New York notebooks 1958-1959

folder 3-4

New York notebooks 1961-1962

folder 5-6

Paris notebook and sketchbook 1964

folder 7-8

New York notebooks 1966-1967

folder 9

New York notebook 1969

folder 10-12

Los Angeles notebooks 1969-1970

folder 13

Boston notebook 1970

folder 14

New York notebook 1970

folder 15

New York/San Francisco notebook 1970

folder 16-18

New York notebooks 1971-1972

folder 19

Los Angeles/San Francisco notebook 1973

folder 20

San Francisco notebook 1973

folder 21

New York/San Francisco notebook 1973

folder 22-25

San Francisco notebooks 1974-1975

folder 26

Los Angeles notebook 1975

folder 27

New York/San Francisco notebook 1975-1976

folder 28-29

San Francisco notebooks 1976-1977

folder 30

New York notebook 1978

Carton 5, folders 31-41; Box 3

SERIES 7. MISCELLANY

Scope and Content Note

Includes 2 folders of Micheline's drawings, poems addressed to Micheline, and poems collected by Micheline.
Ctn. 5, folder 31

Drawings, signed

folder 32

Drawings, unsigned

folder 33

"Prison Poem by Wino Swede", as told to Jack Micheline

folder 34

"Censorship" by Allen W. De Loach

folder 35

"if jack micheline is there" by Rick [Zizzi?]

folder 36

"These hot muggy nights in the Bronx lots" by Lenard R. Altman

folder 37

Unpublished Ginsberg poem

folder 38

"Jack Micheline: Poet of the Streets" by Neeli Cherry

folder 39

"Biographical Statement" by Neil A. Chassman

folder 40

Manuscripts of poems by others

folder 41

Poems by others collected by Micheline

folder 42

Personal statement signed by Micheline

folder 43

List of Art Shows

box OS Box 3, folder 1

Miscellany

folder 2

Outgoing correspondence

Additional Note

[Copy filed with correspondence.]
folder 3

Poems

Additional Note

[Copies filed with poetry.]
folder 4

Prose

Additional Note

[Copies filed with prose.]
folder 5

Drawing

Additional Note

[Copy filed with drawings.]