Punk Poet: Jim Carroll

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More Jim Carroll at~catholicboy.com

There will always be a poem
I will climb on top of it and come
In and out of time,
Cocking my head to the side slightly,
As I finish shaking, melting then
Into its body, its soft skin
–Jim Carroll, “Poem”
from Void of Course (1998)

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Lynn Hirschberg, describing a Jim Carroll Band concert in 1980, before the release of Catholic Boy, reported overhearing a Oui photographer remark, “You’re watching the Dylan of the 80s, you know. . . . Seeing Jim Carroll now . . . is like witnessing history.”
JIM CARROLL BAND WICKED GRAVITY