Specks

"Specks" assumes the form of a blastula, offering a poetic model of embryonic development that arises from the cellular division known as "cleavage," transcending the proprioceptive methodology of Charles Olson and entering an Aristotelian realm of metaphysical questions that broach matters scientific and mystical, exploring the properties, powers, and limitations of the physical-poetic body, as exponent of its own consciousness.Michael McClure is the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, an Obie Award for Best Play, a Rockefeller grant for playwriting, the Josephine Miles Award, and the Alfred Jarry Award. He often performs his poetry with Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek.