Interview: The Jeff City Five

Poets in Collaboration

Bob Boldt

Michael H.
Brownstein

Dick Dalton

Kurt Groner

Maik Strosahl

Interviewed by Moristotle

Of the five poets pictured above, you’ll likely recognize Bob Boldt, Michael H. Brownstein, and Maik Strosahl as staff members of Moristotle & Co. Dick Dalton & Kurt Groner are new to us by virtue of having participated in the collaboration “When We Were Savages,” which appeared here over the last five days. In this interview, I hope to investigate that collaboration.
    Welcome, Jeff City Poets, and thanks for agreeing to be interviewed!
    My questions are set in italics, and each of you is invited to speak up and be heard.

When We Were Savages – II (A collaborative poem by five Jeff City Poets)

II. Ishi
(c. 1861 – March 25, 1916)

By Kurt Groner

I was a man of no name, from the Yahi people,

people who were brought to an end with the rush for gold

My people were no more, the last died at Three Knolls

I went to hide in the wilderness

When found by the white men,

my wrists were bound—

I just smiled and gave them no fight