Rimbaud, Dylan Provided Lessons in Free-Verse Defiance
greetings
It is march, a good word, and a good time
to share the making of trampin’.
our terrain stretches from the american
heartland to the streets of baghdad.
our boots are well worn and the sack we toss over
our shoulder is filled with tears and grain.
we unbutton our coats, for spring
is upon us and the air is thick with promise.
let us shake the gold upon the fields
for it is march, a good time for trampin’.
Patti Smith today
Credit: Columbia Records/Sony Music
It is april, a good time to order trampin’. If you order from the Sony Music Store you will receive a pamphlet containing the album’s lyrics and photographs by Patti Smith (while supplies last).
introducing the songs:
my blakean year
radio baghdad
a year ago in iraq
peaceable kingdom
on NPR
Smith’s New CD
Listen to a full-length cut from “Trampin'”, in stores April 27.