Collected by Shiva Dhakal
Adapted into English by Yuyutsu RD Sharma.
ISBN 81-8250-002-0 2009. Paper pp.125. Rs. 195.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Mac's Backs reading photos http://www.walkingthinice.com/
THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS POETRY VENUE IN TOWN
January 30th, 2011
Mac’s Backs Books: basement – foto by Smith
Mac’s Backs Books is the longest continuous poetry reading venue in Cleveland — I first read there back in the early 1980s.
Last night’s reading there was extra special because Yuyutsu Sharma’s co-feature was Katie Daley, whom I believe is one of Cleveland’s two finest performing and writing poets — the other one is Wendy Shaffer.
Here are a few fotos from last night’s reading.
Mac’s Backs Books: Allen Ginsberg – foto by Smith
Mac’s Backs Books: Legalize Levy – foto by Smith
Mac’s Backs Books: warrior poet – foto by Smith
Yuyu reading at Mac’s Backs 1-2902011 – foto by Smith
Yuyu reading at Mac’s Backs 1-2902011 – foto by Smith
Lady at Mac’s Backs Books – foto by Smith
Here’s Yuyu’s remaining scheduled poetry performances here in Cleveland:
January 30th at 1 p.m.
PoetryElyria at Jim’s Coffeehouse, 2 Kerstetter Way in Elyria, Ohio
February 2nd at 7 p.m.
Snoetry: A World Record Winter Wordfest
at Jim’s Coffeehouse,
2 Kerstetter Way in Elyria, Ohio
Lady K and I will be reading at Snoetry at 6:30 as well
http://www.walkingthinice.com/
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Larain County Reading --
YUYU LAST NIGHT, 2NITE, 2MORROW, ETC
January 29th, 2011
Yuyu reading at 737 Gallery, Lorain, Ohio last night – foto by Smith
Yuyu’s reading last night at “n Verse Lorain: A Poetry and performing Arts Extravaganza” at the Lorain Arts Council’s 737 Gallery in Lorain, Ohio was indeed part of an extravaganza – poets, music, singers, dance, free food, and a large audience.
Tonight’s he’s reading with Katie Daley at Mac’s backs in Coventry.
You can hear Yuyu recording with Apartment One at reverbnation.com/apartmentone. . . click on “See All 198 Songs” and go down eleven titles for Spacecake Amsterdam and another eleven for Temple London and click and play.
Yuyutsu’s next three readings:
January 29, 2011: Yuyutsu Sharma Katie Daley
at Mac’s Backs.
7 PM, 1820 Coventry Rd.,
Cleveland Hts., OH 44118. 216-321-2665.
January 30th at 1 p.m.
PoetryElyria at Jim’s Coffeehouse, 2 Kerstetter Way in Elyria, Ohio
February 2nd at 7 p.m.
Snoetry: A World Record Winter Wordfest
at Jim’s Coffeehouse, 2 Kerstetter Way in Elyria, Ohio
Yuyu will be reading from his new book — Amazing Helambu –
a photographic and poetic journey through the Helambu and Langtang area
228 pages, 125 panoramic photographs, 19 poems
ISBN 978-3-9810883-1-1
Yuyu reading at 737 Gallery, Lorain, Ohio last night – foto by Smith
Friday, January 28, 2011
4 YUYUTSU READINGS THESE 6 DAYS http://www.walkingthinice.com/2011/01/4-yuyutsu/ www.walkingthinice.com
Yuyu reading at Visible Voice Books, November 2009 – foto by Smith
Jammed up jelly tight for the next 6 days due to hosting a Nepalese poet, so blogs may or may be scarce.
Our poet friend Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma is reading 4 places in the next 6 dfays:
Yuyu Reading in Cleveland, Elyria and Lorain from his new book — Amazing Helambu –
a photographic and poetic journey through the Helambu and Langtang area
228 pages, 125 panoramic photographs, 19 poems
ISBN 978-3-9810883-1-1
January 28th at 6:30 p.m.
In Verse Lorain: A Poetry and Performing Arts Extravaganza
at the Lorain Arts Council’s 737 Gallery, 737 Broadway Avenue in Lorain, Ohio.
January 29, 2011: Yuyutsu Sharma Katie Daley
at Mac’s Backs.
7 PM, 1820 Coventry Rd.,
Cleveland Hts., OH 44118. 216-321-2665.
January 30th at 1 p.m.
PoetryElyria at Jim’s Coffeehouse, 2 Kerstetter Way in Elyria, Ohio
February 2nd at 7 p.m.
Snoetry: A World Record Winter Wordfest
at Jim’s Coffeehouse,
2 Kerstetter Way in Elyria, Ohio
Here is a short sweet 10 year old poem — more rhyme per buck with 4 lines, 6 rhyming words: hole, soul, black, crack, sky, I. And actually backed rhymes internally too.
Used Karma Lot
I cut the cockroach off at the watering hole
Sent his brown backed soul
To that great black crack in the sky
May God have more compassion than I
– Steven B. Smith, 2001
Yuyu recording at Peter Ball’s Apartment One studio, November 2009 – foto by Smith
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Yuyutsu Sharma at Shangri-la Dialog Readings. Maryland
Yuyutsu with Sta Panday
Yogesh Upadhyaya, founder editor of Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post at the reading
Yuyutsu Sharma's Cornelia St. Cafe, NYU Reading
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Yuyu'S Maryland Reading tomorrow
by Yuyutsu Sharma on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 5:04pm
Sunday, Jan 23, 2011
6.00 pm
Yuyu reading at
Shangri-la Dialogue
with Nepali community
at
26 federal court,
Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20877
Anyone interested in joining,
Please phone: 646 702 4494 or
646 431 190
Yuyutsu Sharma's forthcoming Ohio Readings
Yuyutsu Sharma's forthcoming Ohio Readings
Yuyu Reading in Cleveland and Lorain from his new book--
a photographic and poetic journey through the Helambu and Langtang area
228 pages, 125 panoramic photographs, 19 poemsISBN 978-3-9810883-1-1
www.AmazingHelambu.de - eine photographisch-poetische Reise durch das Helambu und Langtang Gebiet
228 Seiten, 125 Panorama-Photographien, 19 Gedichte
January 28th at 6:30 p.m.
In Verse Lorain: A Poetry and Performing Arts Extravaganza
at the Lorain Arts Council's 737 Gallery, 737 Broadway Avenue in Lorain, Ohio.
January 29, 2011: Yuyutsu Sharma Katie Daley
at Mac's Backs.
7 PM, 1820 Coventry Rd.,
Cleveland Hts., OH 44118. 216-321-2665.
PoetryElyria at Jim's Coffeehouse, 2 Kerstetter Way in Elyria, Ohio
February 2nd at 7 p.m.
Snoetry: A World Record Winter Wordfest
at Jim's Coffeehouse,
2 Kerstetter Way in Elyria, Oh
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Thin Air Interview-- Airs tomorrow night Channel 67(MNN)
www.youtube.com
In-depth Poetry Thin Air Cable Interview of world-poet Yuyutsu Sharma, in a lively conversation with co-producer George Spencer. Mr. Sharma also recites his poetry. This is Episode 50 in an ongoing original series. Video duties performed by director-producer Mitch Corber. For more info, contact poe
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Yuyutsu Sharma's Radio Active Lunch Interview, Vassar College
http://radioactivelunch.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
January 19 2011:
Lunch Archive - Interviews Written by Adam Roufberg Saturday, 08 January 2011
Listen to the Interview with Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma>>
I broadcast an interview/poetry reading wthYuyutsu R.D. Sharma on his recent travels and publications - The Nepal Trilogy, Annapurnas and Stains of Blood: Life Travels and Writing on a Page of Snow, and Space Cake, Amsterdam, & Other Poems from Europe and America.
On Saturday January 15 (6:00 pm) - Yuyutsuwill be reading from his Helambu book at theUtopian Directions Bookstore at 7 West St in Warwick NY .
Readings of Yuyutsu's Poetry on RAL:
| Recent Broadcasts |
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Yuyutsu Sharma's Radio Active Lunch Interview, Vassar College
January 19 2011:
Lunch Archive - Interviews Written by Adam Roufberg Saturday, 08 January 2011
Listen to the Interview with Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma>>
I broadcast an interview/poetry reading wthYuyutsu R.D. Sharma on his recent travels and publications - The Nepal Trilogy, Annapurnas and Stains of Blood: Life Travels and Writing on a Page of Snow, and Space Cake, Amsterdam, & Other Poems from Europe and America.
On Saturday January 15 (6:00 pm) - Yuyutsuwill be reading from his Helambu book at theUtopian Directions Bookstore at 7 West St in Warwick NY .
Readings of Yuyutsu's Poetry on RAL:
| Recent Broadcasts |
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Poet Yuyutsu Sharma reading at Glenmere Lake, Warwick, New York
Liked on www.youtube.com
Poet Yuyutsu Sharma reading from his new book, Space Cake, Amsterdam and other Poems from Europe and America at Glenmere Lake, New York during his grand tour of North America.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Getting High (after hearing Yuyutsu Sharma on Nepal)
Getting High
(after hearing Yuyutsu Sharma on Nepal)
He takes me to his world
an abode of snow melts
flows down
treeless steppes
cascades past seasons
rivers of morning rise
unveiling valleys of glacial flow
I inhale
mists of monsoon rains
of eternal spring
showering fields of forever
musk deer grazing
magnolia and mint
I exhale red rhododendron
slants of sunlight
clove, cumin and coriander
He takes me to this place
his temple, his shrine
the gist of his existence
with words
floating like dust motes
@Lorraine Conlin/2010
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Folk Tales of Sherpa and Yeti -- New Edition
Folk Tales of Sherpa and Yeti
Folk Tales of Sherpa and Yeti reveals the drama of primitive human mind enacted on Himal’s glacial heights.
The book is the result of Shiva Dhakal’s trek to Rolwaling and Khumbu. Creatively exploring the intricacy of human relationships, Shiva Dhakal offers a dazzling diadem of twelve folk tales.
Employing his master skill of story telling, unlike fashionable folklorists, Mr. Dhakal evokes the elemental events that determine the working of a primitive psyche.
The incidents of raping of an innocent girl by the man-eater Yeti, of the seduction of an intimate friend’s wife, the tempting of an incarnate Lama by a young Sherpa maiden, the Strategy of annihilating Yetis of the world, the birth of mountains out of guilty lovers, and the duel between the wind and the fog reveal the basic working pattern of a primitive mind.
To read the Folktales of Sherpa and Yeti is to know the hidden hunger of much misunderstood and glamorized Sherpa mind.
“The book is an excellent contribution to the Sherpa culture and Ethnology. Dhakal deserves congratulations on his arduous undertaking involving mountain trekking and his successful recapitulation of these tales in a very simple and clear-cut style …” – Dr. Murari P. Regmi
The Yeti:Spirit of Himalayan Forest Shamans
The Yeti. ISBN81-85693-57-9 2004. HardcovYetuer pp.113 Rs.250 IndianThe Yeti:Spirit of Himalayan Forest Shamans
The Yeti:Spirit of Himalayan Forest Shamans
by Dr. Larry G. Peters
Yeti is a living, current, popular mythology and a folkloric treasure whose origin the present book seeks to explore. Tracing its history to the pre-Buddhist, fierce spirit of Nature-mountain goddess and forest wild men of Bonpo shamanism in Tibet, Dr. Peters uncovers the hidden chapters of human history, evaluating the cross-cultural implications of religious practices, myths rituals, legends and scriptures.
The Yeti, to sum up, it a sparkling piece of original research written with an objective to rehabilitate interest in the study of yeti as a spiritual teacher and initiator of shamans.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Reader Response--"At Forty You Die" by Yuyutu Sharma
"Yuyutsu RD Sharma. I had the pleasure of meeting him just in time, or something, the other night. In his work, he actively loves the gray between creation and destruction... the inevitable connection between sullied and unsullied Earth. Says I. Ha ha. Anyway. I was sulking and marveling at the same time, because I just don't want to die too soon, and he shared this."
"At Forty You Die"
Yuyutu Sharma
At forty two moons start throbbing
like bright eyes of your own children.
At forty two people you dream of
most frequently, two people who dreamt
of you and your eyes all their lives.
At forty in the early
dawn of your desperate decades
you start dreaming of your mother first.
She comes limping
like a wounded cockroach
from the other world
to clasp your sweaty palms
to kiss your eyebrows
withering under the blind stare
of a merciless sun,
to complains of the tulips that faded
under the blind stare of a merciless sun.
At forty you dream
of your father frequently,
a Buddha or an exhausted god,
a lion repentant for a lifetime,
a familiar stranger who made you
what you are in your dreams
and left you alone,
bleeding on the mule-paths of life.
At forty you see him everywhere,
in the creases of your skin,
in the puffed-out eyelids,
in the fluffy temples
where two crescent moons appear,
silvery and savage like ensuing life’s itinerary.
At forty he lusts in the crazed
fields of your blood vessels.
He escorts you to
the open spaces of his cherished riverbanks
pavilions of tantric priests
ashrams of ascetics before bonfires of annihilation.
He guides you to the bog lands
of his fond memories where once
his beloved woman lived and
then left him, one by one,
“Forgot the old chums, fell in the trap of new ones”
.
She comes limping
like a wounded cockroach
from the other world
to clasp your sweaty palms
to kiss your eyebrows
withering under the blind stare
of a merciless sun
to complain of the tulips that faded
under the blind stare of a merciless sun.
At forty your own woman's mouth
starts smelling of deceit,
a Bhairab's mask,
a masculine leer along
the canyons of her body.
At forty you start
questioning questions
and decide to die
like one dies in poetry or books.
Or proverbs that proved false--
People above forty should be shot dead.
You resolve what you didn't all life long--
to reach out to touch
the rim of unheard horizons
elusive Shangri-la from where no return
to exquisite valleys of life is possible.
But your children's eyes start
shining like burning stars
along the moons of your secret lusts.
At forty you die to be born again
and again in the theatre of your children's eyes
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