3D Baboon face plot of the Crab Nebula in Gamma Rays.
David Gitin
The Crabpickerthe crabpicker
cracks the shell spines
breaking bonds to savor
the pass of energy
up our straight spines
full circle
into meat
for some future form
Bio:
David Gitin's books include: Guitar against the Wall (Panjandrum, San Francisco, 1972); City Air (Ithaca House, Ithaca, 1974); Ideal Space Relations (Morgan Press, Milwaukee, 1976); Legwork (Oyez Press, Berkeley, 1977); This Once: New & Selected Poems 1965-1978 (Blue Wind Press, Berkeley, 1979); Vacuum Tapestries: Poems from Haight-Ashbury Journals (BB Books, England, 1981); The Call (Coffee House, Minneapolis, 1984); Fire Dance (Blue Wind, Berkeley, 1989); Passing Through (Two Spirits Dancing, Pacific Grove, 1994) and two private editions, Woke Up One Morning (1996) and Journey (1997). In addition to co-founding Poets Theatre in San Francisco, he has produced radio programs on KPFA in Berkeley. He teaches Creative Writing at Monterey Peninsula College.
