Romances Without Words is a translation from the French of Paul Verlaine of Romances Sans Paroles, written while he was travelling with Arthur Rimbaud, completed 1873, and published 1874. 

In Solitary is a translation of Cellulairement, written while in prison for shooting Rimbaud, completed 1875, and not published until 2013. This is the first English translation of the complete original prison text. 

The performance will include recited and sung versions from this new book.

Larry Beckett’s poetry ranges from songs, Song to the Siren, to blank sonnets, Songs and Sonnets, to the epic American Cycle, including Paul Bunyan, Wyatt Earp, Amelia Earhart, and seven other book-length poems. The Book of Merlin is a restoration and translation of the 6th-century Brythonic poet. Beat Poetry is a study of the poets and poetry of the fifties San Francisco renaissance.