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Ginsberg's poetry is characterized by its free verse style, raw emotion, and stream-of-consciousness imagery. He rejected traditional poetic forms, embracing a spontaneous and confessional approach. His work often incorporates elements of Eastern philosophy and religion, reflecting his interest in Zen Buddhism.
Allen Ginsberg was one of the leading icons of the Beat movement, and "Howl" became one of the most widely read book of poems of the century, translated into more than twenty-two languages.
A Supermarket in California. By Allen Ginsberg. What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon. In my hungry fatigue, and shopping for images, I went into the neon fruit supermarket, dreaming of your enumerations!
Allen Ginsberg, “Sunflower Sutra” from Collected Poems, 1947-1980. Copyright © 1984 by Allen Ginsberg. Used with the permission of HarperCollins Publishers. I walked on the banks of the tincan banana dock and sat down under the huge shade of a Southern Pacific locomotive to look at the sunset over the box….
Allen Ginsberg was one of the leading icons of the Beat movement, and "Howl" became one of the most widely read book of poems of the century, translated into more than twenty-two languages.
Mugging (I) By Allen Ginsberg. I. Tonite I walked out of my red apartment door on East tenth street’s dusk— Walked out of my home ten years, walked out in my honking neighborhood. Tonite at seven walked out past garbage cans chained to concrete anchors. Walked under black painted fire escapes, giant castiron plate covering a hole in ground.
lypse, the final moment—the flower burning in the Day—and what comes after, . looking back on the mind itself that saw an American city. a flash away, and the great dream of Me or China, or you and a phantom. Russia, or a crumpled bed that never existed— like a poem in the dark—escaped back to Oblivion—
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