The Matrix

Poems : 1960-1970
N. H. Pritchard
THE MATRIX
 THE MATRIX

POEMS

1960-1970

BY

N. H. PRITCHARD

GARDEN CITY , N.Y.

DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY

1970
 Born in New York City on 22nd October,
1939,N. H. Pritchard prepared at The Cathe-
dral Choir School of St. John the Divine and
St. Peter's School CJ acob' s Hill) before re-
ceiving his Bachelor of Arts degree with
Honors in Art History from Washington
Square College, New York University. While
\I
attending college, he was a contributor to
the literary magazine and President of the
Fine Arts Society. Mr. Pritchard pursued
graduate studies in Art History at The Insti-
tute of Fine Arts and Columbia University.
Acknowledgment is made to the following for per- His poems have appeared in numerous pe-
mission to reprint poems:
Umbra #2, #3, #4; Athanor; The New Black Poetry, riodicals, among them; Poetry Northwest,
edited by Clarence Major, Metagnomy, Copyright ©
1969 by International Publishers Co., Inc.; Liberator, Liberator, Eye Magazine, Umbra, The East
Season, De Tu and I, Gathering, Sail, Copyright 1967
by Afro-American Research Institute, Inc.; Negro Village Other, as well as in several anthol-
Digest, Self, Totemic, Copyright© 1965 by Johnson
Publishing Company, Inc.; Mist Place, Copyright ©
1966 by Johnson Publishing Company, Inc.; Poetry
ogies. He has given readings of his poems at
Northwest, Matrix, Subscan, Mist Place, Copyright
© 1966 by the University of Washington; New Jazz many institutions, including International
Poets (Broadside Records) and In a Time of Revolu-
tion, edited by Walter Lowenfels, Gyre's Galax, Copy- House, Sarah Lawrence College, The Poetry
right © 1967 by Broadside Records.
Society of America, Lafayette College and
Barnard College. He has read his poems on
Copyright© 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970
by Norman H. Pritchard, Jr the record albums Destinations: Four Con-
Printed in the United States of America
temporary American Poets, and New Jazz
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Poets. Mr. Pritchard is currently teaching a
poetry workshop at The New School for
Social Research and is Poet in-Residence at
Friends Seminary. A number of these poems have had the privi-
lege of previous publication in Athanor, The
East Village Other, Eye Magazine, Libera-
tor, Negro Digest, Poetry Northwest, The
New Black Poetry, and Umbra. The poet
wishes to extend grateful acknowledge-
ments.
The poet should like also to express his pro-
found appreciation to the Selection Commit-
tee and the Trustees of the Abraham Wour-
sell Foundation (Vienna) for their abiding
generosity.
FOR MUFF AND DAD
WITH LOVE, HONOUR
AND DEVOTION
Words are ancillary to content.
N.H.P.
 CONTENTS
II
I
INSCRIPTIONS
1'1
1960-1964
WREATH I

VISTA 2

HARBOUR 3

SELF 4

WINDS CAPE 5

OLOGY 6

VOLITIVE 7

AGON 8

LOUISBURG SQUARE 9

SUBSCAN IO

CASSANDRA AND FRIEND I2

EVENING 13

ASWELAY I4

MATRIX 18

POINT 19

SWAMPSCOTT AUTUMN 20

OUTING 2I

11:
GIST 22

VISAGE 23

DESIGN 24
 GATHERING 25 TRACE 52

PREPOSITION 26 the own 53

I
THE WAY 27 SILHOUETTE 56
I' I DE TU & I PASSAGE 57

MIST PLACE 29 METEMPSYCHOSIS 58

THE VOICE 30 SAIL 61

CAMP 31 EACH
I'. I
I ' 32 SOLILOQUY
3
LA ALBA 33 VISITARY 64

TOTEMIC 34 THE HARKENING 69

AUTUMNAL 35 DUSK 70

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM PAYSAGESQU,E 7I

ONCE 37 THE CLOAK 72

,I
DIA BURNT SIENNA 73

ASALTERIS 39 THE NARROW PATH 74

METAGNOMY 40 EPILOGUE 75

ROW 77

II N OCTUR N 79

SIGNS AURORA

1965-1967
THE SIGNS 45

GYRE'S GALAX
SEASON SI

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 III
OBJECTS
1968-1970
THE MATRIX
129
#
131
y
132
TERRACE FIGMENT
ISOSTASY 133

135
fl
136
C
139
L'OEIL
@ 185

II 187

189
LOVE
191
0
201
b
203
PEACE
204
0

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WREATH

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 2 3

VISTA HARBOUR

for Nancy & Arthur

W here quiet ly on ly go e s
k now in g the s h or e
w it h its sun dried hues
s ever a 1 b oats
1 an gu id
be neath the d us k
Much is disclosed s ee king h a i 1 s
to the eye t he d a w n to c h oo s e
of an eddy & of w h at c ease less t ide
blinded pro c 1 aimed
by a leaf stills il en t
e m p t y & we t
deck e d to the c alm
w it h g row in g m oo n
h over in g eve r
& the s mall buoys
c 1 ever f eat her limbs
m as king the h i dd e n fro s t
w it h f in s
as k in g
the net s pro test the w in d
Edgartown
September
I.
Iii
5
4

WINDS CAPE
SELF

Seemingly a gale came

hidden as it slipped
tripping about the dim
or a mountain in a flame
What does the cracker
or a mountain in a flame
when in a barrel
or a mountain in a flame
bare
or a mountain in a flame
with dark
or a mountain in a flame
and alone
or a mountain in a flame
and
or a fountain in the rain
beside it
or a fountain in the rain
self
or a fountain in the rain
with fear
or a fountain in the rain
of being
or a fountain in the rain
uneaten
cn· a fountain in the rain
(>ra fountain in the rain
or a fountain in the rain
(,r a fountain in the rain
1,r a fountain in the rain
( >r a fountain in the rain
,' or a fountain in the rain
I I
 7
6

OLOGY VOLITIVE

a S: Only
those old lamps and fathomless cares
see e to Drawn
d s gather across the absence
i nes Borne
by silence
r t All
surrounding
Though
most of them chose another road
towing shadows
 b low C oo p e r Sq u are
the fun era r y late n e s s
lies c old in or ways
men a 1 coved in agon i e s
s p raw 1 t heir lives
in war d 1 y
up on an out war d
w or 1 d
as if bo tt 1 e d
JOs8xoq
ApuB::> in a d r e am p refer e d
8UJd 8ql qilno1ql AlqilnBq oft e n
puJM p10 JOS8::>BI dream s how ever q u art ere d
SUJBlJD::>puB SMOpUJM r
un able to p ass
thru d oo r way s
like the c old
of f un era r y 1 at e n e s s
& the an no in t e d
agon i e s of m e n

3:'HVIlbS !)'HilS:SIIlO'I NO!)V

6
8
IO

SUB SCAN
In burr side out
sights
hearing
discs
Reflections
blinking
bound
face
about
blindly
the train
passing
halts
car' slights of sound
forward
stinging
cars
lies
beginning
beside
ride
in the glass
7 something
an old hat
never
6 shoes
seen
hair
again
squeaking
a face
signs
among the wheels
couples
in olden water
part
where
though
sounds taste
apart
like rumour's gale
moving
a ring on a pole
doors
as ice breaths
met
 -,

12
13

CASSANDRA AND FRIEND EVENING

Alone
Pausing at the edge of the wood the dusk
they turned to see a huge drew
entering from beneath a stone might
it wasn't one of their own brightly
for it had never grown waning
Unlikely as it seemed slightly
their stares were not demeaning less
meager
Because it was a fact
growing
it never left a track
only
knowing
14

ASWELAY unwindish rustlings

musting thoughts
of ill timed harvests
Weary was when coming on a stream And
in hidden midst the amber adornment as we lay
of fall's birth as we lay
here near edge and
a rippling soundless as we lay
leaves and eddy eyes we lay
with trickling forest thighs as we lay
in widening and
youthful nippling aswelay
scenic creakless
Above
In this boundless vastly a bird
hours wait watching
in gateless we knew not
isn't what
fleshly cause
smelling his
muchly course
as a golden of course
On the crustish underbrush we lay
of where no one walked we lay
were in the rippling
soundless
boundless
vastly
of a firthing
duty leaving
welay
wanting
noughtless

And
then
it
seemed
as from the air
he
left
the
bird
who
watched
what would be called
a
dream
 11

18 19

MATRIX p
0
I
N
T

A
N

E
Through a street s
deserted glimpses s
E
probing N
laughing T
I
conjured A
jeered L
of an only
s
could see u
innards C
H
would the meek vent
squeeze a beef's leaf A
s
I
I I
s
N
'
T
20
21

SWAMPSCOTT AUTUMN OUTING

llocksflocksflocksflocksflocksflocksflocksflocksflocksflocks
Or oooooooooooooooofffffffffffff
water dripping geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeee
bottled brown a r b ore s n ear the s h ore
in stem's rust l e n t t heir 1 e ave s s wir 1 i n g
the tideless expanse a C r 0 s s a f a r
the dusk chilled murk the 1 a k e lay s pre ad 0 u t
the dead wet newly leaves a bout the le V el s t retch of dirt h
strewn cool wind & ab lue jay w as put u po n by a
pewter
h are & a w or m in stead of a
nu egg et t here
22

GIST VISAGE
VISAGE
VISAGE

BLACK CLOUDBANK
BLACK CLOUDBANK
BLACK CLOUDBANK
gracious chance which wrought its share
the nearing tears at the bare mist FORMING
FORMING
the caring flares FORMING
unlike the gist
which ELSE WHERE
staying deaf to flame l•LSE WHERE
regains its bliss l•:LSE WHERE

IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY

SUN
SUN
SUN

SILHOUETTES
SILHOUETTES
SILHOUETTES
24 25

DESIGN GATHERING

' 1 owl y won t while u wa it

1.,~t 1 y g r ee n C ame w ear in g

or n over all s & t 0 y s
Tightly clasped granules ma 11 boys & a 1 a g 00 n
beneath had n ' t t here be e n much f or a 11
graying pavements
eave s & caps
know well
the
d U C k S
a t s
designs
111 at t ere d t hat
of
falling soles om e s at with logs e n v eloped
, t h e r s
out e d the f all
or t wigs c lose s t the n e s t
 27

PREPOSITION THE WAY

In
the Bestirred though they were
court there was little that could be done
yard 1 could continue to run
the but
trees the sun cannot be caught by running
are and
all the 1 cannot be sought by shunning
 29

DE TU AND I MIST PLACE

Lifts
mist
above
Often This the
Passion Seeking barren
ate SOL stalkless
And I wearing
Silent fertile
TU once
DE now
on
1
a
I 1

withered
porch
a
woman
sits
weeping
scarecrow
morning
30 31

THE VOICE CAMP

s talk s t oo in t rude
up on t his d une
s till ness b rush e s the sea apples shared
C alm t 00 s 00 n g r e w ravens and lakes
C alm ab out the s and ends of bells melted
a few gu 11 s drew in t heir w in g s shells and bees
a h us h trees
be s ide t hem whisps of craggy heights
t he r us h a rodent and a pike
1 in g e r in g tan kites or a fox
fr om the v o ice harried sand within a box
of a dr op f all in g
 33

3 LA ALBA

for d.m.k.

The dawning cloak of heat

enlists its remembrance of light
Shadows stalks across the brook aaaaaaaaaaccccccccccrrrrrrrrrrooooooossssssss
in the dusk vvvvvvvvvaaaaaaaaaaaasssttt
away from the loud ,.·sssssppppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaacccccccccceeeeeeesssssss
3 places of grace
bound about the glen tttttttttrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaccccceeeeesssss
they of smarting eyes
were crowning the host
never drowning absence in a glass
seen loasting past tasks
again forgotten
lastly
the pledge redeems its asking
Madrid
August
1961
34 35

TOTEMIC AUTUMNAL

There
where
the
bare august failing
edges leaves
mellowed grounded thoughts
snears bedecked the forests' s call a montage over-exposed
and the noon was wrecked a collage
and the moon was heckled of
and an end foretold a nation's fall bucolic silences
Looming
there
where
drums beat upon the plain
and fumes of arrows amid the glooming waned
doom spoke silently proclaiming without song
the omen given by the gabled quirk of wrong
 37

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM ONCE

Once
was
not
enough
Possibly and perhaps set out though
to watch the clouding willows droop once
though a storm returned the borrowed sky be
tomorrow did not reply all
there
is
yet
will
is
a
stratum
so
fit
that
what
may
finish
isn't
end
 39

DIA ASALTERIS
for V asileios

Change
as
circumstance
may be
Only
of curious
shadows
courses
only
as
touched
though
the wood's fringe as if
dividing
were
an ever
in
from
dubitably un
an edge certain ones
are
n't
 40

METAGNOMY

A mid the non com mit t e d

com pound s of t he m in d
an i m age less gleam in g
Of ten the set t in g m in d
we at hers h aunts as yet un k no w n
like d us k a j our n s
& t a u n t s
as thou g h the k now in g
thru a C he mist r y of ought
as thou g h the g low in g
t h at C hang e s
I C ours e s To s ee k
s ee m in g 1 y to f in d
as if a bird in f light a 1 a n C e
a w or d to pier C e the p 0 s s i b 1 e
f or got ten
in t he w in d s w on t Oft e n a w is h de fin e d
like 1 us t re. turn s
W h at aim co un s e 1 s such a gain as tho up on an alt e r
un tto he sylvan d own of w om b s b 1 oo d is b r o k e n
w h at n ever ever s t and as m eat
c a uses such man if est s t a s is is rite
to r ide on ly up on t h at move men t & a cc u ring p aga n
t he ear t h pro vide s C r u C i fix ion
E n chant m e n t s
abo und ab out
the abysses of a m in d
oft e n b 1 in d e d II
by the cat a r acts of curt concern
w h i 1 e
SIGNS
aim s it s daunt less 1 y
1965-1967
on a p e d e s t a 1
be in g peck e d up on
by t he w in d ' s w on t
 45

THE SIGNS

in
a
cove
where
l1hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
uuuuuuuuugggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg ;
geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
waves
bowed
about
the
and sea
and
I
and
/1 and
I and the lone mast lost its sail
and
and the sky's root fell upon the land
and
and a nigh replaced the sky with time
and
and a lie disgraced the why with brine
and
and
and
and
they took advantage of the signs
they took advantage of the signs
 GYRE's GALAX
Thru beneath
through beneath lit
Thru beneath
Sound variegated through beneath lit through beneath lit
Sound variegated through beneath lit Thru beneath
through sound beneath variegated lit through beneath lit
sound variegated through beneath lit Thru beneath
Thru beneath
Variegated sound through beneath lit dark
through beneath lit
Variegated sound through beneath lit dark
Thru beneath
sound variegated through beneath lit
Thru beneath
variegated sound through beneath lit dark
through beneath lit
Through variegated beneath sound lit Thru beneath
Through variegated beneath sound lit Thru beneath
through variegated beneath sound lit Thru beneath
through variegated beneath sound lit Thru beneath
Through variegated beneath sound lit Thru beneath
Through variegated beneath sound lit Thru beneath
through beneath lit Thru beneath
through beneath lit Through beneath lit
through beneath lit Twainly ample of amongst
through beneath lit twainly ample of amongst
Thru beneath Twainly ample of amongst
Thru beneath twainly ample of amongst
 In above beneath
In above beneath
In above beneath
Twainly ample of amongst above beneath lit
twainly ample of amongst
above beneath
In lit black viewly above beneath
viewly
above beneath
viewly
above beneath lit
in viewly
above beneath
viewly
above beneath lit
viewly
above beneath
in viewly
above beneath lit
viewly
above beneath
in viewly
above beneath
viewly
above beneath
in viewly
above beneath
viewly
above beneath lit
viewly
above beneath
viewly
above beneath
in viewly
above beneath lit
viewly
above beneath
In lit black viewly above beneath
in dark to stark
above beneath
In dark to stark
above beneath
In dark to stark above beneath
in dark to stark
above beneath
In dark to stark above beneath
in dark to stark
above beneath
In dark to stark lit above beneath lit
 51

SEASON

So sooner though blasted

the lone ilk fades
in shimmering soft outlasted
nary lead yet they to whom
a purple had no power
withstood the wormy past
of dust now bowered
musk and stale nodes that reached their crest
and those who wanted all
and then again some quite so small brief
and then a when
to choose its leaf
 53

TRACE the own

the re is an own of m any col ours

prefer ring the w in d
in the d is t ant s till
Amid the darkness dim mer than t he Ra in
where utterances coast about giver of the w ill
few trace their mirrors on a fuel t here is an om en
a we some a s a wave
w as h in g the s and
n ever d i vide d
eve r C on f iding
w it h in the C enter
the s un vents its w eat her
ente r in g each
dee ide d 1 y
speech less

silently s p in s the own of m any col

Cambridg<'
ours h over in g ami d the V as t
Novembe,
gro up s of 0 the r s
196G
1 a sting f or a while
p a s s i n g
be gu ili n g
c alm tho of m an y nature s an d a t he 1 as t
t he f irst is n ear
the air gives its f air
sharing on e w it h all
we a ring but mere ly
above w it h in
s ever e 1 y
s mall er th an less
f ear less
t he quest tests t he w in d
t here d well s with in the vast with 111 re ga in in g n eve r din1s
a 1 way s a w are
th us de light ed b not shaken by the pat h
light en in g gu ides t he wise t h at s t r e t C h e s forth
a 1 one to m e e t the 1 amp
be knight ed b certain of the p at h
b certain of the 1 am p
hu shed by the s till
the tree s t a k e on t heir 1 eaves
grieving no t when f all pro claims
the si lent dis appearance
s om e C all it ga in
a ga in and a ga in
t he w in d resumes its cl aim
the m in d ab ides
t he aim pro vides its crysta lli nepane
plain ly ga in ed
re ma in in g
 ASSAGE
PASSAGE 57
PASSAGE
SILHOUETTE PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
Such watch that nought condemns PASSAGE
PASSAGE
or might the eager age amend PASSAGE
with meager and beleaguered shame PASSAGE
its flagrant hate its crude disdain PASSAGE
PASSAGE In silence there regard the dim
And the rotten core of avid frowns PASSAGE
PASSAGE he who with shoeless strode
that host the visages PASSAGE
down pillaged paths of silken filth PASSAGE the dust of waisted jeers
PASSAGE
still the ilk reveals its hilt PASSAGE see you him too
PASSAGE
And amid they crept among the severed raw PASSAGE and there another just as near
the augment of chores PASSAGE
PASSAGE and some taunted them with treacherous eyes
held fast to each shore PASSAGE
1]
and dwindling fades with rage PASSAGE though bowed they to boom passed
and ranting confides the scowl PASSAGE
111 PASSAGE
I
with ravaged clot to ask for nor PASSAGE
with scavaged blot to mask the or PASSAGE
I
I,
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
PASSAGE
 Down
from
METEMPSYCHOSIS
beneath
above
above
Invisible bodies amid the air beneath
stares of ghosts beneath
hosts hovering two
others two
alone flounder
with earthen groans owning the
a space blood
a space rent with the wrench of nails holy
embedded in a board ,~oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooze
once two trees waters
once two trees the
stood soil
in a where naked
there echoing with
a prayer chant clutching
chanted hammer life
in words claws
from an unknown the eyes
tongue of some
lifted affixed
the silence as
moans sleep
becomes
Bolder than most 61

the key SAIL

in a word
key word
in a gift given
Down above by the turn about a bend
in an unheard hint
a sail weaving its wont
the two who unknown striven
while we cupped the dusk
striven by a game
and an oak
played
and a hull
Suddenly and a kernel
dawned and a shell
the night and a castle
carried afar and ao
amid the mazed stretches 0
eyes searched the stone sky 0
as clouds parted 0
sun 0
sun 0
sun broke the day 0
in three 0

hidden about the sky

willful as a nail
sapped by its hammer
 EACH SOLILOQUY

& each has its way Hewn and though no rude cusp brought its cleave to gap
some dusk ridden and when again some awesome gone amends its dawn
others in long gowns the shore long watered hills lay grouped
the shore with red sand in stone's might shifty task
the others soil brittle not of worms
basking but breached at the sip of that odd cornered cup
noon which ran in deep and steeper still
the than than quill or will
steeple's and chancing what such that acts
aurburn about the hearts of scorned stars
crisp and far adonned
weather and old boxes the stand
birds of leather to be there
muskrat & peelings as it were
haven't many near gifts of raiments tuned in looming
little didn't knew not gotten whence askance
and banding planned
by season's hence
 VISITARY
Where winged wings
Where winged wings
Where winged wings
Where winged wings
Who crouches there among the rushes
Where winged wings
touched by such fierce wind Where winged wings walk
blushed by the pierced whim Where winged wings walk
crizzling grooves grow dim Where winged wings
Where winged wings walk
Where winged wings walk Where winged wings
Where winged wings walked Where winged wings
Where winged wings walk Dewinged wings
Where winged wings walked Dewinged wings
Wings dewinged
Winged wings
Dewinged wings
Winged wings wings dewinged
Where winged wings walk wings dewinged
dewinged wings
Filling the lush air
wings dewinged
dreams from snoozes dewinged wings
whose is that one over there dewinged wings
staring with the big beak
Springing to their feet
peeking about like a sneaky the things with their ...
all over the place
spinning haste
like a flying ocean
 Dewinged wings Where winged wings walked
dewinged wings Where winged wings walk
Dewinged wings Where winged wings walked
dewinged wings Where winged wings walk
Wings dewinged wings Where winged wings walked
Dewinged wings Where winged wings walk
Wings dewinged Where winged wings
dewinged wings Where winged wings
wings dewinged Dewinged wings
Dewinged wings Wings dewinged
'1
wings dewinged Dewinged wings
dewinged wings Wings dewinged
wings dewinged wings Wings dewinged
Wings dewinged wings Dewinged wings
Wings dewinged Wings dewinged
wings dewinged Dewinged wings
dewinged wings Dewinged wings
wings dewinged Wings dewinged
Where winged wings walk Where winged wings walk
Floats the tugish host Now
so awesome lurking all is still
dust from the ancient wings will they return
stinging brings its thing in something other than an urn
winging
lingering
 69

THE HARKENING

W hA t c la im o fw i 11
d id d ef e nd i ts pe rch
sear chin g th rough d plai ns of m ist
rem ain ing q uie tl y
r eg a in in g
m ig h t
t bee
be
if wha t wa s sai d shoul d
spr ead 0 f 1 i g h t
lif ting g rim 2 h eig hts of b right
b r ought b ack a g ain
da dirt h 0 £sh all
sha 11 we
c o m e
k in d pi lgr im

pu t u pon b yso m e o dd s tar

a nd fart he r
the n
s t rove of t tosi n g
t h eque sto flig h t
t hetru t h t obr i n g
 71

DUSK PAYSAGESQUE

What have u dusk In stained barn drenched

what has dusk is asked tall shafts of heat
dusk is apart be coming lay glad
coming where
coming hidden
coming others met by the lake
coming some danced
coming on fields
coming of setting
must is answers asked dark
some of them have no leaves moods bent the green with wind
the choice may not be would leaving bare
their tearing such
that didn't care
to swim the bending gain

Fox Point
December
1966
 73

BURNT SIENNA

THE CLOAK
Trust thrust first tinder kindling grown
the maple gave rust air its bark
and ample and plain
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Some CommentsonN.H. Pritchard's Work

N.H. Pritchard has poetic genius. In his poems, Being is

set adrift. These poems stimulate the reader through sight
and sound and in spite of ourselves we are given to partake
of a kaleidoscopic vision that is beyond dimension. The
future inevitably holds a great deal in store for his pristine
sensibility. W.F. Lucas

These poems are 'of our time ' ... FREE souled . .. elements
of Gertrude Stein . .. universal preoccupations four-
squarely said. Allen Ginsberg

Pritchard is an extremely talented poet. His poetry is ab-

solutely original , for I've read nothing quite like it and
nothing half as good in the entire area of contemporary
poetry. He is involved with a type of supra-verbal com-
munication that appeals to me immensely. From a con-
ceptual standpoint , Pritchard 's poems are very advanced
and can be compared to the best abstract painting , for
they are profoundly haunting in their evocations of sight,
sound and emotion. These poems are in the "classicist'
tradition of Joyce and Beckett. Maxwell Geismar

JACKET PHOTOGRAPH BY W . L. BREDEL