Spring Peace piece . Gonna ring a big ding Calling out from Sing-Sing Gonna have a spring fling Kinda have an inkling Everything is gonna sell Comin’ out the dripping well Middle East a burning hell Clanging morning warning bell. The toast is up, the jam is done Twisted people think it’s fun Blowin’ […]
Entries Tagged as 'Poetry'
Spring Peace piece
May 27th, 2014 · 14 Comments · Grateful Dead, Poetry
Tags: Dalai Lama·Jerry Garcia·John Lennon·Martin Luther King·Sgt. Pepper
Haiku for Carolyn Cassady
November 28th, 2013 · 12 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, Poetry
I just came across this in the files. Glad I did. Kinda cool. They’re not really traditional 5–7–5 haiku — they’re what Kerouac called Western Haiku — “simple 3-line poems that make a little picture” — written while I was living with and inspired by Carolyn. There certainly was something about that woman that inspired. She […]
Tags: Carolyn Cassady·haiku
The Boys Who Grew From Northern Lands
February 5th, 2013 · 9 Comments · Poetry, Weird Things About Me
. The Boys Who Grew From Northern Lands for my dad — Vern Victor Hassett From playing hockey with homegrown pucks, To riding in the back of pick-up trucks, Under cloudless, beating prairie skies, Chasing the girls with the prettiest eyes, Riding the roads from farm to boomtown, Working the land from Rose to […]
Tags: being a good father·Canadian parents·Dominion City Vern Hassett·father and son poem·fatherhood·Hassett poetry·Manitoba·prairie fathers·Vern Hassett
The Royal Woods of Cassady County
June 17th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, Poetry
The Royal Woods of Cassady County . All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Rode through these woods and back again They cut down the trees all over the land But chopping this forest was strictly banned The king must have his galloping grounds And live surrounded by chirping sounds So over […]
Tags: aging gracefully·Beat poetry·Bracknell Forest·Carolyn Casady·Hassett poetry·John Cassady·Off The Road·poems about aging·Redwood trees in England·Wellingtonia and Redwoods·Windsor Castle grounds
A Shakespearean Cassady
June 17th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, Poetry, Real-life Adventure Tales
A Shakespearean Cassady . A month of rain in 12 hours can’t dampen the Spirit of a lifetime of experience or the experience of a lifetime. Two compatible souls a generation apart, Somehow related, somehow unjaded, somehow not faded, Still giggling unburdened, still freely unherded, Two jazz cats still flowing, still riffing, still reading […]
Tags: Carolyn Cassady·Hassett poetry·John Cassady·Kerouac and Shakespeare·living Beats·modern Beat poetry·Neal Cassady·perseverance·poems about life
Every Day Is A Gift
January 24th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Poetry, Real-life Adventure Tales, Weird Things About Me
Every Day Is A Gift by Brian Hassett Every day you’re alive is a gawd-damned gift. And that’s the whole shot, as Gregory Corso would say. Try adding up all the times your Indomitable Spirit was challenged but did not topple in a deathly firestorm of adversity. There’s probably been a hundred of them, […]
Tags: every day is a gift·Gregory Corso quotes·inspirational stories·lessons to live by·life and fate·life is a gift·reasons to live·seize the day
Brian’s Christmas Blessings
December 24th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Poetry, Weird Things About Me
. May your lights be bright and your resilience strong, May your thoughts be poetry and your voice be song. May your dreams be vivid and your days be bold, May your riches be measured in human gold. Happy Shopping Daze — But the best gift you can give is the gift […]
Tags: best Christmas gifts·Christmas·Christmas quotes·give the gift of time·lessons for Christmas·woo hoo what a ride!
The Ballad of The Profiteers
October 29th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Music, Poetry, Politics
The Ballad of the Profiteers . You’re suckin’ on / your money’s teat, When nothin’s left / for folks to eat, You’re livin’ high / down on Wall Street, Crushin’ dreams / beneath your feet. How come it is / and why it’s not, The biggest thieves / are never caught, When all you […]
Tags: banking crisis poem·Hassett poetry·Mitt Romney theme song·poetry about wealth·profiteers·rich man poetry·soulless profiteers
A Song of Enid, I Sing
August 28th, 2011 · 36 Comments · Poetry, Weird Things About Me
Her father was an engineer on the CPR, so the whole family got to travel all over North America, when virtually no one in their town ever went more than a few miles from home. They had 5 sons, followed by 4 daughters, Enid being the first. They owned the first (and for a long time […]
Tags: Brandon·Brian Hassett's mom·Enid Bennett Brandon·Enid Hassett·Enid Hassett tribute·Gimli·Grateful Dead·Greenwich Village·Manitoba·Mayo Clinic·Walt Whitman·Winnipeg
The Highest Peaks on RockPeaks
June 30th, 2011 · 20 Comments · Music, Poetry, Weird Things About Me
Here’s the (Route) 66 greatest musical performances ever captured on film — after watching thousands of clips and reviewing hundreds of them for RockPeaks, this is the best of the best . . . And it tells a story, one complete show of shows, in a sequence of greatness . . . Blessing the blast is Johnny Clegg bringing Nelson […]
Tags: Alice Cooper·Allen Ginsberg and Paul McCartney·Bobby McFerrin·Brian Hassett's RockPeaks best·Christina Aguilera·Chuck Berry·David Crosby·David Lindley·Dixie Chicks·Frank Zappa·Grateful Dead·greatest ever music performances·greatest live music performances·Jack Kerouac·Jeff Beck·John Fogerty·John Lennon·Johnny Clegg·Johnny Winter·Jully Black·Manfred Mann's Earth Band·Max Yasgur·Roy Zimmerman·Sara Bareilles·Sheryl Crow·the best live music·Yolanda Adams