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Collected Poems 1947-1997
Collected Poems 1947-1997 | Allen Ginsberg
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Here, for the first time, is a volume that gathers the published verse of Allen Ginsberg in its entirety, a half century of brilliant work from one of America's great poets. The chief figure among the Beats, Ginsberg changed the course of American poetry, liberating it from closed academic forms with the creation of open, vocal, spontaneous, and energetic postmodern verse in the tradition of Walt Whitman, Guillaume Apollinaire, Hart Crane, Ezra Pound, and William Carlos Williams. Ginsberg's classics Howl, Reality Sandwiches, Kaddish, Planet News, and The Fall of America led American (and international) poetry toward uncensored vernacular, explicit candor, the ecstatic, the rhapsodic, and the sincereall leavened by an attractive and pervasive streak of common sense. Ginsberg's raw tones and attitudes of spiritual liberation also helped catalyze a psychological revolution that has become a permanent part of our cultural heritage, profoundly influencing not only poetry and popular song and speech, but also our view of the world. The uninterrupted energy of Ginsberg's remarkable career is clearly revealed in this collection. Seen in order of composition, the poems reflect on one another; they are not only works but also a work. Included here are all the poems from the earlier volume Collected Poems 1947-1980, and from Ginsberg's subsequent and final three books of new poetry: White Shroud, Cosmopolitan Greetings, and Death & Fame. Enriching this book are illustrations by Ginsberg's artist friends; unusual and illuminating notes to the poems, inimitably prepared by the poet himself; extensive indexes; as well as prefaces and various other materials that accompanied the original publications.
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wanderinglynn
Collected Poems 1947-1997 | Allen Ginsberg
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#poetrymatters March 9: shade

My tastes in poets vary greatly as I love the romantics, but also love the beat poets. And Ginsberg is on the top of that list. There‘s something so raw and honest in the beat writers‘ works.

This is the last stanza from A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg. The full poem is in the tagged collection and also at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47660/a-supermarket-in-california

TheSpineView I love the variety in poetry! Great choice! 🤩 4y
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Insightsintobooks
Collected Poems 1947-1997 | Allen Ginsberg
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I want this book....hopefully it's still this price in a few days :)

Vertabrain Thanks for this! I‘ve been eyeing this book for ages, and now it is mine! 😍 6y
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Leftcoastzen
Collected Poems 1947-1997 | Allen Ginsberg
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#poetryandpower #nuyear Ariel? Truly powerful.Ginsbergs poems ,he kept evolving,speaking truth to power was an art form for him.Judy Grahn, lesbian, feminist,activist.Saw an interview with her on YouTube talking about how Trump brings out the worst & best in people.In her 70s , still uncompromising.Padric Pearse ,1 of the central figures in the Easter uprising of 1916, was executed by Britain for his role. Found his book in Dublin .

Cinfhen Nice❤️❤️well done 6y
TrishB Great choices 👍🏻 Don‘t have that Ariel! Don‘t know Grahn- but sounds up my street. Pearse I do, my grandad lost his leg in the 1916 uprising, crushed by a British army horse. I have a very mixed Irish/English background. The 1970s were not an easy time! 6y
Leftcoastzen @TrishB Wow that‘s sad about your grandad.I remember being shocked when I saw the bullet holes in the main post office in Dublin from the uprising. 6y
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MLRio
Collected Poems 1947-1997 | Allen Ginsberg
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"Memory Gardens," 1969

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MLRio
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CoveredInRust
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readinginthedark I don't know why, but this makes me think of prophecies in Buffy... 7y
CoveredInRust @readinginthedark It does me, too, now that I think about it! 7y
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Taylor
Collected Poems 1947-1997 | Allen Ginsberg
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Read this on Kindle, in no rush, but it took me well over a year to get through. I was thinking this book must be long...but when I finally finished it I saw on Goodreads it's 1,200 pages.

Yikes! No wonder...

But the poetry... It's lovable, tender, and brave, with political passion that rings out in a consuming cry for justice. Constantly experimental and playful, this book stays invigorating all the way to his final poems written in the 90s.

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Taylor
Collected Poems 1947-1997 | Allen Ginsberg

This is what I started my #24in48 with. So far I'm doing a poor job getting the hours in so I'm hoping to make a big comeback tomorrow. #readathon @24in48

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eaneajay
Collected Poems 1947-1997 | Allen Ginsberg

No one gets me like Ginsberg - need to pick this back up and be moved again

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Taylor
Collected Poems 1947-1997 | Allen Ginsberg
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Manslaughter showed me the True Falsehood of Law
Needed a Buddha enlightened I be enlightened ✔️