December 15, 2020
Black Mountain poet, Robert Duncan, was one of the poets who was considerably influenced by Larry Eigner’s work. Duncan was an early advocate for Eigner’s poetry and was seminal to his inclusion in New American Poetry 1945-1960. Duncan who once confessed that “Larry Eigner belongs not to my appreciations, but to my immediate concerns in living,” edited and helped type Eigner’s collection Another Time in Fragments. Below is Eigner’s poem “Letter For Duncan.” Please note we will be posting Eigner’s poems as images to preserve his line breaks.
Larry Eigner and Robert Duncan, Gathering of the Tribes/A Human Be-In Celebration in Golden Gate Park. Duncan is wearing a cap and pushing Eigner in his wheelchair through a crowd in the park.
