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Title	:	Selected Poems, 1947–1995
Author	:	Allen Ginsberg
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 480 pages
Published	:	April 3rd 2001 by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (first published 1996)
Categories	:	Poetry. Fiction. LGBT. Literature. American. Classics. Academic. College

Selected Poems, 1947–1995

Allen Ginsberg

Paperback | Pages: 480 pages

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Assembled by Allen Ginsberg, Selected Poems 1947-1995 is the definitive collection of the best works of one of the most influential and revolutionary poets of the twentieth century.Allen Ginsberg, famous for helping catalyze the Beat Generation, wrote poetry for more than fifty years. His innovative verse and provocative attitudes of spiritual, political, and sexual liberation inspired countless poets, musicians, and visual and performance artists worldwide, and helped shape several generations' views of the world.

Selected Poems 1947-1995 commemorates Ginsberg's brilliant career as one of America's most distinguished poets. Here are well-known masterpieces such as the lyric "Howl" and the narrative "Kaddish" -- classic works of American literature -- as well as more recent gems, including the long dream poem "White Shroud," the visionary "After Lalon," and the political rock lyric "The Ballad of the Skeletons," a song he recorded in 1996 with a stellar band that included Philip Glass, Lenny Kaye, and Paul McCartney.

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Original Title:	Selected Poems 1947-1995 (Perennial Classics)
ISBN:	0060933763 (ISBN13: 9780060933760)
Edition Language:	English

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Probably all the classic poetry is in here. Whether you go for the homosexual verses depends on how you like your pickle tickled.

America you don're really want to go to war.America it's them bad Russians.Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen. And them Russians.The Russia wants to eat us alive. The Russia's power mad. She wants to takeour cars from out our garages.Her wants to grab Chicago. Her needs a Red Reader's Digest. her wants ourauto plants in Siberia. Him big bureaucracy running our fillingstations.That no good. Ugh. Him makes Indians learn read. Him need big black niggers.Hah. Her make us all work sixteen

i read HOWLloved itthere are so many reasons that ginsberg is so incredibly well respected, but the epitome would be the work itselfi make a promise with myself to read more

AcknowledgementsApologia of SelectionI. Empty Mirror: Gates of Wrath (1947-1952)--In Society--The Bricklayer's Lunch Hour--The Trembling of the Veil--A Western Ballad--Pull My Daisy--The Shrouded Stranger--Fyodor--Metaphysics--Paterson--The Archetype Poem--Marijuana Notation--A Crazy SpiritualII. The Green Automobile (1953-1954)--The Green Automobile--Green Valentine Blues--Siesta in Xbalba (selections)--Song--In back of the real--On Burroughs' Work--Love Poem on Theme by WhitmanIII. Howl,

Ginsberg can be terribly entertaining and powerful. He can also be trite and plain unlikable.

I bought this edition on the day that he died. I was studying abroad in England and was devastated when I got the news. He is not one of my favorite poets, but Ginsberg was instrumental in the lives of some of my favorite authors and musicians. This is a good collection for the beginner.

It was amazing to me how relevant his older poetry is today, especially his poems about Vietnam. One of my favorite poems is "Birdbrain!" If only he could have witnessed this presidency.