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A.J. Kaufmann

Author of SIVA IN RAGS - a chapbook that starts where MEXICO CITY BLUES and WICHITA VORTEX SUTRA lea

About Me

I'm a poet and songwriter also known as The Bard of Poznań.
Find out more from my website:
http://ajkaufmann.cba.pl/
I've also created and edited 3 first issues of Eviscerator Heaven,
a literary mag, which is now in the great hands of its new editors
C. Stadler and A. Hitchin and is located here:
evisceratorheaven.blogspot.com
My chapbooks:
"Beyond the Blue Rocks: Meditations on the Tibetan Book of the Dead"
(w/ Bill Shute)
Kendra Steiner Editions
KSE #113
"Outside chance"
order here
"Poznan City Gospel"
Kendra Steiner Editions
KSE #111
"I love the blues as I love this city… only when it burns"
order here
"Insane in Rome"
Erbacce Press
ISBN: 978-1-906588-32-8
a collection of selected 2007 lyrics
order here
"East-West Train"
Kendra Steiner Editions
KSE #106, Sound Library Series Vol. 35
based on the classic Kraftwerk album "Trans-Europe Express"
order here
"Siva in Rags"
Kendra Steiner Editions
KSE #102
"there is no-one inside but the wind..."
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UPCOMING:
"I'm already not here"
Shadow Archer Press
untitled yet
BlackBook Madness
Vol.4
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I'M CURRENTLY LOOKIN' FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD TRANSLATE SOME OF MY WORKS INTO GERMAN. YOU'RE THE ONE? CONTACT: aj_kaufmann(at)yahoo.com
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IN A BAND? SOLO? NEED SONG LYRICS? LET ME KNOW:
aj_kaufmann(at)yahoo.com

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

all of my myspace friends. Chuck Berry. Andrew Eldritch. Leonard Cohen.

My Blog

Carnivora (a song)

Carnivora See her shaking castanets in winter's stale surroundingsShaking to the scent of deathBut then death has no scent, I told her, surprisedWith the castanets blazing so bright and well-placedAnd...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:48:00 PST

"SIVA IN RAGS" review by GAIL GRAY

"Siva in Rags"A.J. KaufmannKendra Steiner Editions 102http://kendrasteinereditions.wordpress.com Relentless imagery hurled at you at a harrowing pace. You read Siva in Rags either holding your breath ...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:56:00 PST

Swans on Fire

Swans on Fire Her swans on fire she pictured on frosted glassTold me they're too beautiful to lastMust be someone else inside this roomWhen she talks on swans on fireOn a loom of circlin' jazzYeah, he...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:16:00 PST

Pledge of Your Streets

Pledge of Your Streets You say musicians often can't listen And their purity makes you quitWhen the fires are risen, the graveyards all openThe ghost on your breast never sleepsHe's tearin' your ...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:15:00 PST

Cold-Blooded Professional

Cold-Blooded Professional You've just got to be a cold-blooded professionalWhen it all comes down to loveThere are many cunning notionsYou might never, never think of... You've just got to be the magi...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:14:00 PST

THIS RELEASE - 12 new songs from Berlin

This Release This release comes not through a trainOr a house on the hillThat's some kind of safetyOr a Berlin girlCause it's this way to weddingThe other to fameMonuments and gravesOr rice and false ...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PST

Years as gold philosophy

Years as gold philosophysky sailing muchrestricted sweetlywallflowers known to be birdsbonfires charmingly cold after-dinner stupidityand hesitationswishing works and gardenbellswhen seasons hand in i...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:58:00 PST

Boatmans of Seasons

Boatmans of Seasonsvirtued clouds expandthink serve & symphoniesobliquely wellworld through birth with mountain-billows immortala sudden motionless Nightwhich melts usour squeamish pretence on fai...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:01:00 PST

Theaters his picture

Theaters his picturea prayer, ironically, whisperedwhile above me the sufferinglaugh out loudMadonna image from beers and cheap carpetsdissolves into waterwhite leathercrystalline bedroomsin their sha...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:37:00 PST

Nobody’s brother

Nobody's brotherdream horizon dews fever more sighing shrivelled dying...of colder groaninga beautiful muscle roseslept offirrelevantpatterns...naphthaline's bitter vaporcasts the dayinto full softet...
Posted by A.J. Kaufmann on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:02:00 PST