Oliver Sheppard's Blog - Posts Tagged "william-blake"
William Blake and Patti Smith
I picked this up at a Half-Price Books in Oklahoma City: an edition of the poems of William Blake selected by, and with an introduction by, OG NYC punk Patti Smith (punk’s “poet laureate,” as some have said). I’m curious about her take on Blake’s poetry.
Why was I in OKC? A long-ish story I may relate in a subsequent post – essentially, finishing up business related to a deceased (step-)relative’s estate (such as it was). It’s a distant relative I didn’t know that well, but the process has been emotionally and physically exhausting nonetheless, and I seemed to be the only one in the family willing or able to do what was needed to bring closure to the tangled mess of bank accounts, storage units, property, etc., that were left in the wake of the death. More on that later. 😓
-Oliver s.
