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CLOUDS is poetic structures merging with dramatic form, begging the reader to read aloud and sound these poems out. I am fond of unique combinations of repetition and variation, especially when they play with syntax and satirize even cauterize political dumbness or societal insanities. I like puns and wordplays, which often lead to humorous lines that reverb back onto the main topic of the poem. The repetition can accumulate, double, or even triple up. Many times hilarity prevails and suddenly downright serious Earth tragedy leads to Earth hope. Each poem is different when read aloud, and at times italics give distinct emphases on the printed page. Often I use the same word as both noun and verb and it's all Father Sun and Mother Earth opening a path through the turmoil. Only poets and artists who are attuned to the world as a whole have the primary power to warm over the hearts and allow illusion to cast its spell. Our imagination places auras around the specifics of our daily lives. Not all the time, but sometimes. Good fun is the only escape so be prepared for that as well as occasional foxhole prayers. I am a performance poet, a native New Mexican. I express the dirt and sky and landscape and beauty of my life here in very vocal poems.

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""Larry Goodell . . . one of the first poets to fully embrace Performance, from the 1960s onwards, incorporating hand-sewn costumes, props, his own piano playing, collaborating with musicians and dance troupes, etc."" John Roche ""Larry was a prime mover of Duende for decades, producing a fine series of events, many of which he recorded. This labor of love, along with years of similar work at Albuquerque's historic Living Batch Bookstore, constitutes an immensely rich archive of readings by generations of US American poets. Larry's contribution as self-proclaimed archivist is one of his many gifts to us. A powerful poet, having produced both books and productions that combine the spoken word with movement and visual art. His work - potent and satiric - is particularly important as a counterweight to today's climate of robot-like praise for neofascism and mediocrity."" Margaret Randall

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Larry Goodell was born in Roswell, where cattle trails crossed the Pecos River. He is married to Lenore Goodell, photographer & painter, and has lived in Placitas since 1963. He extends poetry into performance, using masks, costume, lighting, backdrop, cloth or painted backings to poems when appropriate. He emphasizes reading aloud but loves the printed page and founded duende press in '64. His writing comes from the myth of local inspiration, and often generates from organic gardening and love for New Mexico. He is a risk-taker in language and a political, social and literary satirist

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