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A poet and musician, the late Allen Ginsberg said "Marc Olmstead inherited Burroughs' scientific nerve & Kerouac's movie-minded line nailed down with gold eyebeam in San Francisco." Olmsted teaches the on-line course “WRITING KEROUAC/SITTING BUDDHA: Spontaneous Poetics & Big Mind” at Writers.com and has lectured at Naropa University and U.C. Berkeley. ...more

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	CUT UP! An Anthology Inspired by the Cut-Up Method of William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin by A.D. Hitchin (Editor), Joe Ambrose (Editor), Kenji Siratori (Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Hesitate by Marc Olmsted (Goodreads Author), Bill Morgan (Introduction) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost? Poems from 3-year Retreat by Marc Olmsted (Goodreads Author), Allen Ginsberg (Introduction) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fresh Lotus Rehab it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Don't Hesitate: Knowing Allen Ginsberg '73 Through '97 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jun 28, 2012 04:36PM

Quotes by Marc Olmsted (?)

“Dripping charnel
grounds of light -
I examine hope &
fear -
blue-black body
monster of
enlightenment -
call me Youthful
Lightning Bolt -
tired I slump -
desire's already
here - I don't
care -
my wrathful
rosary coiled
     snake
  on my cushion -
I close my tired
  eyes -
sleep has been
troubled but
  my mother's
cancer hasn't
spread -
     still I
am the Cemetary
King”
― Marc Olmsted, What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost? Poems from 3-year Retreat

tags: 1996, cemetary-king, chöd, tantra, tibetan-buddhism

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“Dream: I look for
Lama Lodrö Kagyu
teacher friend
hearing
he's ill & I'm ill, too -
I enter his room
and he says "I've
been trying to find
you - I wanted you
to know illness
is just phenomena”
― Marc Olmsted , What Use Am I a Hungry Ghost? Poems from 3-year Retreat

tags: 1996, buddhism, emptiness, illness, phenomena

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