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Tag Archives: American Poets
Flannery O’Connor, Allen Ginsburg & Ralph Kramden
“On June 1, 1994, Allen Ginsberg gave a poetry reading to nearly 30,000 people—without question the largest audience of his entire career. Then firmly ensconced as the most recognizable American poet alive, Ginsberg read one poem, was booed throughout the … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, American Poets, baseball, Flannery O'Connor, Jackie Gleason
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One Train May Hide Another
One Train May Hide Another (sign at a railroad crossing in Kenya) — Kenneth Koch In a poem, one line may hide another line, As at a crossing, one train may hide another train. That is, if you are waiting … Continue reading
Lunch Poems
“Lunch Poems” by Frank O’Hara. The beauty of the book is that Frank O’Hara supposedly wrote every poem during his lunch hour, and you can read it exactly how it was written — you can keep the book in your … Continue reading
Only wait a while and listen.
I recently had a sad conversation with my sister about someone who we both loved who took his own life many years ago. It reminded me of this moving poem by Pulitzer-winning poet Galway Kinnell addressed to a student of his … Continue reading
“Practice resurrection. Part of who you are is who you will be.”
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell Berry Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in … Continue reading
Dial-A-Poem is back just when we need it
Dial-A-Poem is back! SPIN Magazine explains that Dial-A-Poem was created in 1969 by New York City “multimedia performance poet” John Giorno as way to give people access to the poems of a “free zone of radical poets and socio-political activists,” … Continue reading
I go unrecognized in paradise
Dean Young — “Scherzo”
not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment
Like many writers from working-class backgrounds, Charles Bukowski suffered through numerous mind-numbing jobs before he found success as a full-time author. In his thirties, he took a position as a fill-in mailman for the U.S. Postal Service. By his late … Continue reading
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Tagged American novelists, American Poets, Black Sparrow Press, Charles Bukowski
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Happiness is the uncle you never knew about
Happiness By Jane Kenyon There’s just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at your feet having squandered a fortune far away. And how can you not forgive? You … Continue reading
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