CHRIS FREMANTLE

Nat Tate, An American Artist: 1928-1960 by William Boyd, 21 Publishing, 1998

Turtle Island by Gary Snyder, New Directions, 1974

…
aimless executions and slaughterings
are not the work of wolves and eagles

but the work of hysterical sheep

The Demonic must be devoured!
Self-serving must be
……………………. cut down
Anger must be
……………………. plowed back
Fearlessness, humor, detachment, is power
…

from SPEL AGAINST DEMONS

Gary Snyder
Endless Streams and Mountains

This web site has the first section of this book length poem, and juxtaposes it with the visual work it refers to – very interesting to see the two together.  The poem is a deceptively simple description of the contents of the images.