On Claude Pélieu: James Horton interviewed re Pélieu exhibition & Irish Examiner Review.

& here a recent article on the exhibition in The Irish Examiner: UCC exhibition sheds light on obscure Beat figure Claude Pélieu fought in Algeria and had a key role in bringing the works of Burroughs and others to the world, writes Marjorie Brennan. The influence of the Beat Generation has extended far beyond the writers’ core body of work, most of which was produced in the … Read more On Claude Pélieu: James Horton interviewed re Pélieu exhibition & Irish Examiner Review.

Claude Pélieu, poet & collagist extraordinaire…

…left us on this day, 13 years ago. Which I suddenly realized as this morning I set to gather a dossier on his work for an issue of a French magazine (L’Homme sans épaules) to be published in the summer of 2016. Here, in my English translation, a poem from the late sixties, from the volume Jukeboxes: Good-bye tristesse, hello tristesse – we are in Paradise & the dead laugh … Read more Claude Pélieu, poet & collagist extraordinaire…

Claude Pélieu & Mary Beach in Paris

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Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…& that’s all folks!) THE COLD BANK Ray was in the hollow of a wave. He didn’t believe in his electric identity. And I start again with images, for you, for you only — an amputated typewriter — a splash of color, screeching in time, non-color of neon-fever heated by French or American or Chinese gangrene, Arab or Russian … Read more Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 11

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Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…) IT’S BETTER THAN NO ONE X ended up by being tired of being someone else and playing the role of no one. X laughs silently with insects licking every centimeter of fresh blood. X is always after an idea, having no prejudices, more or less maniacal. X controls his gestures, like a bleeding hog in his pink cellophane … Read more Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 10

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Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…) THE ZIM ZUM LANDSCAPE A felled tree reinvents time — a dirty song in the depths of time — amphetamines have eroded night, we will no longer be alone in this tidal wave of streets, poplars sing, maple trees and hickories nail dew on this mandala, I run after the fog, the fog that offers itself to anybody … Read more Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 9

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Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…) COCA NEON CAMERA SUTRA FUCK TO THE BONE! Some time ago I lent a few slogans to the wind, just for laughs. A Yippie fantasy. We were on the West Coast, in our cabins, speeding on the highways in our Buick, Chrysler, Chevrolet, Pontiac, VW, Cadillac, spending our nights in sailor and truck drivers’ dives, in transvestite bars … Read more Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 8

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Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…) WRITTEN AND ERASED IN THE FRISCO SKY A bit of eternity in the pink window. Blond mountains riddled with poppies and corn-flowers. (Stones swallow our tears, a lava flow transforms the landscape, on its high heels a tidal wave ravages the West Coast)… we chew our cud in the shade of tall trees, high on the mesa, a … Read more Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 7

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Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…) TOBOGGAN-ARCHIVE TRANS-FUCK EXPRESS. CENTER FOR LIFE & DEATH. I had noted: Nixon spreads skag shit bugs VD & Death, the great news headlines slip along endlessly. Toboggan-Archive, an echo-photo of another world. This morning the dew liked to bite. Supreme Cosmos sauce… I listen to the propellers riddle my silence. A mauve sun devours what is left of … Read more Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 6

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Claude Pélieu : KALI YUG EXPRESS Translated by Mary Beach (continued…) A PROGRAMMED DREAM The technician sprays toxic and lethal gases. The CEO shuffles a few pages and starts to speak. “Gentlemen, the American astronauts will return in perfect shape, SKY LAB is a success. We’re at the dawn of the year 2000, and our enhanced gadgets don’t fight with the flow of history, besides that isn’t the problem, … Read more Kali Claude Yug Pélieu Express 5

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