don van vliet SINGING INK
poetry and fine arts - poems



OTHER ART ACTIVITIES

THIS is part 1 POETRY - drawings - paintings

note: 'singing ink' is the title of an unpublished book with poetry


proof that don was a brilliant self-taught -
as he never went to school, he shouldn't be able to write!
or was he just a brilliant liar?

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1967 HER LITTLE FACE usa magazine world countdown (first half) january 1968
1968 GIL book skeleton breath, scorpion blush 1987
1969 THE TIRED PLAIN book skeleton breath, scorpion blush 1987
1969 handwritten MANTA REY elpee trout mask replica 1969
around 1969 SELF CONVERSATION usa magazine creem 1 june 1970
around 1969 PETRIFIED FOREST usa magazine creem 1 june 1970
around 1969 I LIKE THE WAY THE DOODADS FLY usa magazine creem 1 june 1970
around 1969 BLEEDING GOLDEN LADDER usa magazine creem 1 june 1970
february 1970 ONE NEST ROLLS AFTER ANOTHER usa magazine creem 1 june 1970
1970 SUN DAWN DANCE usa magazine rolling stone 14 may 1970
1970 ONE MAN SENTENCE usa magazine rolling stone 14 may 1970
1970 HEY GARLAND I DIG YOUR TWEED COAT usa magazine rolling stone 14 may 1970
1970 THE BEEP SEAL usa magazine rolling stone 14 may 1970
1970 NOON BOUNCIN' BALL elpee lick my decals off, baby 1970
1970 THE FIRST SCENE WAS THE BATHTUB RING elpee lick my decals off, baby 1970
1970 'THE KINDNESS OF UH DOG' elpee lick my decals off, baby 1970
1971? handwritten IT'S NOT WORTH... book stand up to be discontinued 1993
1971 ED MARIMBA art tripp elpee the spotlight kid 1972
1971 ROCKETTE MORTON mark boston elpee the spotlight kid 1972
1971 WINGED EEL FINGERLING elliot ingber elpee the spotlight kid 1972
1971 ZOOT HORN ROLLO bill harkleroad elpee the spotlight kid 1972
1971 WHAT'S THE MATTER elpee the spotlight kid 1972
december 1971 A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM DON VAN VLIET usa magazine crawdaddy 19 march 1972
1972 HEARTBEAT MISSILES usa magazine circular 6 march 1972
first half march 1972 ORÉJON england tour booklet march 1972
1972 BROWN STAR usa promo booklet brown star 17 april 1972
29 march 1972 IT SMELLS LIKE BUS POOP england magazine frendz 28 april 1972
12.72 handwritten BLOOD IS THE MOVIE... private source
1976 SEAM CROOKED SAM book skeleton breath, scorpion blush 1987
1976 '81' POOP HATCH elpee ice cream for crow 1982
1976 ODD JOBS book skeleton breath, scorpion blush 1987
1976 APES-MA elpee shiny beast (bat chain puller) 1978
1977 GUITARS, WOOD GUITARS art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003
1977 AWAY FROM SURVIVAL art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003
1977 THE I SAW SHOP art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003
1977 FLAT MATTRESS art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003
1978 PARACHOKE STARE art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003

1978 handwritten I'M PLAYING THIS MUSIC... ceedee i'm going to do what i wanna do 2000
1980 handwritten A LITTLE PARANOIA book stand up to be discontinued 1993
1980 THE SAND FAILURE art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003
november 1980 REAGAN FACE magazine p.s. 1 march 1981
november 1981 handwritten A LONG TIME AGO catalog don van vliet (paintings and poems) 2007
november 1981 handwritten HEARTS ON A WINDMILL catalog don van vliet (paintings and poems) 2007
1982 GEOMETRY STREET art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003
1982 THE WORD CRAWLED OVER THE RAZOR BLADE art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003
1982 SIT THROUGH THIS art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003
1982 HOLLOW SMOKE usa book various writers * conjunctions #3 1 november 1982
1982 POPPLIN' GAS HEARTS usa book various writers * conjunctions #3 1 november 1982
1982 THE SMITH THAT CLEANS OUR STARS usa book various writers * conjunctions #3 1 november 1982
1982 DOPEDINSTUNNEDMIRAGES usa book various writers * conjunctions #3 1 november 1982
1983 SEAWEED BEARD FOAM BONE TREE art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003
1987 A TIN PEENED REINDEER book skeleton breath, scorpion blush 1987
1987 THREE MONTHS IN THE MIRROR book skeleton breath, scorpion blush 1987
1987 INFRA-GRAMS book skeleton breath, scorpion blush 1987
1990? SAFE SEX DRILL book stand up to be discontinued 1993
july 1991 handwritten RAVEN catalog don van vliet (paintings and poems) 2007
1991 TULIP book stand up to be discontinued 1993
1999 THE THIN WOOD DOOR art set riding some kind of unusual skull sleigh 2003

p.s. song texts are a kind of poetry, too

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