last notes of a dying old poet, pt. 1

John Hulse is a poet, artist, and filmmaker from Anderson, Indiana. He is the author of That’s No Way To Say Goodbye (2025), Baby, Baby All the Time (2024), Lost Songs of the Revolution (2023), On the Road to Guillotineland (2021), Collected Poems (1985-2015) volumes 1-3, Haiku on the Bush Administration (2012), The Best and Worst Job I Ever Had (2006), Villains of the Impeachment (2004), Democracy for Sale! (2002), From the Beats to the B-Sides (1999), and Somewhere West of the Fields (1992).His work has appeared in 25 anthologies including, Mythic America: An Anthology of New American Poetry (Crescent Moon--England) and has received awards from The Bay Area Poets Association, The Southern Writer’s Association, The International Poet of Merit Award, ACC Wall of Honor, and The Shakespeare Trophy of Excellence.Mr. Hulse has also worked as a book editor for dozens of universities and publishing companies all over the world. Titles include What’s It All About? dealing with world views on religion from the ancient Greeks to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, In the Shadows of the Holocaust, Nothing Sacred (Women Respond to Religious Fundamentalism and Terror), Human Rights and the Catholic Tradition, American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination, The Kennedy Brothers: A Legacy In Photographs, African Wars: A Defense Intelligence Perspective, The Best American Movie Writing, The Gangs of New York, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, the autobiography of Eric Burdon, and Indian Yell by Dances with Wolves author Michael Blake.A magisterial compilation. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984. -Susan HamptonAn emotional rollercoaster. Soon to be a cult classic. -Kristina Betts