Excerpt from

THE LOBSTER



Eastern Sea, 100 fathoms,
green sand, pebbles,
broken shells.

Off Suno Saki, 60 fathoms,
gray sand, pebbles,
bubbles rising.

Carl Rakosi at Modern American Poetry

Offhand, I could say that there are some similarities between my poetry and some composers, for example, Satie. Satie, I feel is a little like me — a bit of a humorist, satirist, playful, at the same time very cool.

Interview with Carl Rakosi by Tom Devaney in Jacket