A note about Jim Wilson, a somewhat elusive figure, whose name, and sometimes photo, have shown up in Haight-Ashbury histories, including one online*. He was co-founder (with me) of Poet's Theater in San Francisco. Wilson published in Dust, Illuminations, and Bricoleur in the sixties. He studied dance with Noel Parenti. Jim Wilson 1942-2008.

David Gitin
 

*TheStraight.Com see first photograph.

In Memoriam
     (for James Wilson)

As we pass through this vale of tears,
We learn that joys are rare,
And beauty hard to come by.
All the more precious then,
To achieve a friend.
And to lose such a boon,
Calls again to mind,
Aint but a few of us left.

9/2/2008     D. N. Peirce