Talking & Gibbering

Back in the mid 1960’s, Chet Nichols authored a book of poetry entitled, “Talking & Gibbering”. It was prose, loose poetry, but mostly, fun and thoughtful insights about the world around us. They were like little mini-movies. This book was supposed to have been published in conjunction with the release of Chet’s first record album, “Time Loop”.

But, a problem occurred when the press/publisher lost the only copy of the pages of “Talking & Gibbering”. At the time, Chet was moving from place to place and touring extensively and, unfortunately, the original manuscript was misplaced. So, like many projects, it fell through the cracks and stayed that way for many years.

Recently, 40-something years later, the original manuscript was found nestled in- between two old copies of The Whole Earth Catalogue. It was in an old equipment touring case along with some old recording tapes of Chet’s live shows. Chet, wrote “Talking & Gibbering”“Talking & Gibbering” on a typewriter and then glued the pages into a hard-shelled, blank, writing journal, so the book was well preserved.

Well, we are happy to announce that the original manuscript of “Talking & Gibbering” has been transposed and is now available as a PDF Word File.

“Talking & Gibbering” is a highly creative work that is fun to read and is filled with places, people, characters, situations, feelings and thoughts that are raw and subliminal.

If you or someone you know, enjoy unique poetry, you’ll want to get a copy of “Talking & Gibbering”.

Please contact us if you are interested in obtaining a copy of this wonderful collection.

Sample pages from........... “Talking & Gibbering”

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“talking and gibbering”

ther’s grease in the pan
and it
sizzles
like
swallows roosting in trees
    all talking and gibbering
of the places they have been
             and where they are headed
“Happy to be a swallow”, says one
“We are swallows and we know it”, says two
“If you aren’t a swallow then what am I”?

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“Our Common Bond”

our common bond
the universal living wire
is the music
    that dances in the light of fire

the silver string stretches
as we try to support
                  the holes in the wall
the string stretches unbending
as we become
a wall of holes
                        feeling the cracks
knowing the feelings
                 and
knowing the holes must
                   be filled with love
                                             or they will crumble
our common bond
the perpetual machine in motion
is the music of a river
flowing deep inside ourselves
                          as we rush
                          to fill the holes
                          so
                          that
                          what was once a wall of holes
                                      is now
                                                a
                                             whole wall

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airplane cream dream

machine, machine
ride upon the jet stream
airplane coffee and airplane cream
feel like I’m in a dream
must be the additives in the cream
hmmmmm
corn syrup solids
vegetable fat
vegetable protein
polyglycersol esters of fatty acids
that’s a yummy mouthful
polysorbate
potassium intrate
and
water, water
to make it wet

All Poems Copyright by Chet Nichols. All Rights Reserved.

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