[Issue #2, Spring & Summer 1998]
From The Tenting Cantos
By R. Virgil Ellis
[Consisting of 100 sequentially-numbered poems by R. Virgil Ellis, The
Tenting Cantos can be downloaded from the Internet as a PDF file from
Woodhenge Press. Ellis's essay,
"Jellystone: An Introduction to The Tenting Cantos," was
written expressly for Cambridge Book Review to accompany the 5 poems
reprinted here from his book.]
Jellystone: An Introduction to The Tenting
Cantos
CANTO 8 -- How rare
CANTO 13 -- I come up smoking
CANTO 21 -- Let no voices
CANTO 59 -- Did you really mean
CANTO 60 -- This late in March
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R. Virgil Ellis is a widely published poet and multi-media artist. His books
include The Blue Train and The Tenting Cantos. Recordings
on CD of his performance poetry include Open My Eyes, Lunar Crescent
Wrench, and Dangerous Odds. He lives in the Cambridge, Wisconsin
area.
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