Sunday, February 26, 2006

hi, this is the bio of a friend and fellow PK'r, chris george. the other day he posted a poem that just grabbed me, it just really grabbed me and i couldn't get it out of my thoughts so i asked him if he'd be kind enough to let me post it on my blog as soon as he felt he was finished with it. he was generous and agreed. this is his bio and then, the poem, WILLIAM BLAKE'S LIFE MASK,follows. chris is a true whirlwind of a man as you can see from his bio and when you check out his sites. i think you will enjoy the poem and the man. s




Christopher T. George was born in Liverpool, England in 1948 and first emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1955. He went back to Liverpool for a refresher on his Scouse accent, living with his grandparents while attending Rose Lane and Quarry Bank Schools. Chris returned to the U.S.A. in 1968 and has lived there ever since. He now lives in Baltimore, Maryland, near Johns Hopkins University with his wife Donna and two cats. Chris’s poetry has been published in print and on-line magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. Chris is the Editor of Desert Moon Review http://www.desertmoonreview.com/ and an editor at Writer's Block Poetry Workshop http://www.the-writers-block.net/forum/ He is also the lyricist for Jack—The Musical, written with French composer Erik Sitbon: http://www.jack-themusical.com/


http://christophertgeorge.blogspot.com/



William Blake's Life Mask



His hooded eyes are wrinkled walnuts,
peach pits, testicles, bulked-up fists
as if they still bulge with visions


-whirlwinds of lovers or souls
at the Last Judgement in muscle-
taut swirl of ecstasy and agony.


Christopher T. George

http://home.online.no/~kai-n/images/blakemask.jpg
William Blake's Life Mask

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