SAN FRANCISCO POETS
Michael Alan “Vampyre Mike” Kassel
December 3, 1953 ~ March 22, 2008
On Saturday May 3, 2008, at the Cafe International on
Haight Street in San Francisco, friends gathered to share
their memories and celebrate the life of Vampyre Mike Kassel..
Here are a few poems by his friends and fellow poets
Poems For Mike ~ Debra Grace Kattabb
Enchantment ~ Joie Cook
Poem for Vampyre Mike ~David Gollub
Un Christian by Jan Steckel
Trying to Hug a Memory by Kathleen Wood
Passover after the Death of Vampire Mike and
Going through Vampire Mike's Poems after his Death
by Julia Vinograd
A Vampyre Mike Psychology Primer by Mel Thompson
Vampyre Meets God by Steve Arntson
In Memoriam by Bruce Isaacson
Bio written by his friend, Whitman McGowan
Obituary from sfgate by Steve RubensteinIf you have a photo, or poem about Vampyre Mike
that you would like to share here,please send
email with Vampyre Mike in the subject line.
Vampyre Mike's final book includes his previously unpublished Babar period work.
May be purchased from Ajax Press of San Francisco
I Want To Kill Everything
Zeitgeist Press
Wild Kingdom
Zietgiest Press
Graveyard Golf
Manic D PressA short excerpt by Vampyre Mike from
New American Underground Poetry
Vol. 1: The Babarians of San Francisco - Poets from Hell"I Was a Teenage Godzilla"
"When I was ten
I was hit by a very small nuclear warhead
which slipped out of a torpedo tube
while my cub scout pack was visiting
the Navy submarine U.S.S. Caligula
on a field trip.
The incident was hushed up.
The other cubs perished
but I mutated into a Teenage Godzilla
just like in the movies.
Only I was still only five feet ten inches tall
Just a friendly li'l two legged radioactive Komodo dragon
It wasn't so bad
My parents were pissed
but the government paid them off
and they just had to kind of live with it.
©Vampyre MikeOther poems by Vampyre Mike Kassel
"My love is like a red red nose"
I wanted to write something serious
