Voice of the Poet: Allen Ginsberg Reviews

by Allen Ginsberg

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I SAW THE BEST MINDS OF MY GENERATION DESTROYED . . .

a poet., a beat poetry fan

JUL

2007

I had my chance and lost it, many chances
and didn't take them seriously enough.
Oh yes I was impressed, almost went mad with fear
I'd lose the immortal chance,
One lost it.
Allen Ginsberg warns you don't follow my path to extinction.

Track 12 AFTER LALON (1992)

There once was a book-smart, leftist, gay, experimentalist, poet named Allen Ginsberg (born in Newark New Jersey on June 3rd, 1926 raised in Patterson) who wrote and performed a ground-breaking and influential spoken word piece named HOWL. The spotlight was turned on the ‘beat poets'.

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ChrisJarmick
Seattle, WA

must read for any aspiring poet

a poet., fiction reader, a fan of clever plots, kidlit maven, picture-book connoisseur, business reader

NOV

2007

Hearing Ginsberg is the way to know Ginsberg, the most well-known poet of the Beats. His questioning, analysis, and forgiveness of human frailty are fully heard as he calls out his indictments. Drunkenness! Ashcan rantings! Cigarettes in boxcars, boxcars, boxcars. To hear Ginsberg name emotions and experiences is a warm mosaic of poetic immersion. The lilting twang of the way he pronounces "love," the satisfied way he says "kabala" will make the cosmos vibrate at your feet. Ginsberg's poetry is about pronouncements, and this recording captures their joyful spirit. Ginsburg roars, chants, and recites... read full review »

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