{"id":8785,"date":"2025-03-07T17:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/books-of-poetry-by-jim-carroll\/bolinas-poems-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T04:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T11:10:22","slug":"bolinas-poems-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/limited-editions-broadsides\/bolinas-poems-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolinas Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Get this book on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bolinas-Poems-Jim-Carroll\/dp\/B004C65AKS?crid=280M6QIALSLB2&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nXXsYM3szaNof52yRO45Pee2vv78iNUoM0_TU7kV4PsXuRmgDsPuR_UsOqeZxl8cAtNn2ye7uGozFBg9ju_c5p-hkh_dbciXW_RGpPxifsVVObm18AoML6xcibpK68O7.9sC3MXgpL7jrZdHvr3lWnU7vcI2RTFWqYaR7D7rJEss&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=jim+carroll+bolinas+poems&amp;qid=1741396279&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=jim+carroll+bolinas+poems%2Cstripbooks%2C170&amp;sr=1-3&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=thejimcarrollweb&amp;linkId=d874b2d62eb6c51d1d83c553901ec130&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a class=\"foobox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-689x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8784 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-689x1024.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-768x1141.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-1034x1536.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-1378x2048.jpg 1378w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-129x192.jpg 129w, https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bolinas-poems-scaled.jpg 1723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"ext-bibliography\"><em><strong>Bolinas Poems<\/strong><br><\/em><strong>Published:<\/strong>&nbsp;November 2010<br><strong>By:<\/strong>&nbsp;Jim Carroll<br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>&nbsp;Blue Press<br><strong>Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><strong>Cover photograph:<\/strong>&nbsp;Mary K. Greer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ext-bibliography\">This tiny booklet brings together 10 previously uncollected poems Carroll wrote while he was living in Bolinas, CA. Limited to 200 copies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For John Wieners (5\/23\/74)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kitten (Self Pity) (7\/30\/74)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dealers (8\/74)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;m Living Inside Again (12\/26\/74)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For Edmund Joseph Berrigan (8\/6\/74)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breakfast Poem (1\/7\/75)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wingless (2\/8\/75)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catholics on Dope (3\/28\/75)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Power Failure in Bolinas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See Also<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/limited-editions-broadsides\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4637\">Limited Editions and Broadsides<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/books-of-poetry-by-jim-carroll\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"548\">Carroll&#8217;s Poetry Books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get this book on Amazon Bolinas PoemsPublished:&nbsp;November 2010By:&nbsp;Jim CarrollPublisher:&nbsp;Blue PressLength:&nbsp;Cover photograph:&nbsp;Mary K. Greer This tiny booklet brings together 10 previously uncollected poems Carroll wrote while he was living in Bolinas, CA. Limited to 200 copies. Contents See Also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/limited-editions-broadsides\/bolinas-poems-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bolinas Poems<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4637,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-8785","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-2hH","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":548,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/works\/literary-works\/books-of-poetry-by-jim-carroll\/","url_meta":{"origin":8785,"position":0},"title":"Books of Poetry by Jim Carroll","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"August 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Mass Market Books Void of CoursePublished: 1998By: Jim CarrollPublisher: Penguin PoetsDescription: Carroll's last collection of poetry, released in October 1998. 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