Peter Marti, Poet
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Of Peter Marti’s poetry, Gregory Corso said: “Yeah, you made me see it— good sound, good clear images.”
Jack Hirschman said: “You ain’t scared of letting the “self” go on the page…you use the “I” with a certain confidence that suggests your “I” has its eye on the world as you.”
Studied at Naropa’s Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics with Ginsberg, Burroughs, Corso 1977. Member of the San Francisco based poetry/art magazine collective Birthstone, Arms of Venus new wave rock band in ’80s and part of the Wordland performance poetry group in the early ’90s. Read with Ginsberg, Diane di Prima, Beth Lisick and Marc Olmsted at the DNA Lounge, San Francisco, 1996, which generated a double album.
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2002, Marti’s published poetry includes City Lights Journal and Beatitude Golden Anniversary issue. See his book, "Bitter Smoke, Holy Words."
