Need help with Beat poet Allen Ginsberg
I haven't read much of the Beat poets and am having a hard time understanding some poems by Allen Ginsberg. Could someone please help me out? The ones I'm struggling with are "A Supermarket in California" and "America." Thanks!
Can't Find Reference To This Poem Anywhere
I heard this poem over fifty years ago and haven't been able to find any reference to it anywhere. Here it is. Please forgive my spotty, incomplete memory and poor phrasing.
Jesus Christ, you made it
Far out Jewish poet.
Buggin' Roman cats
Slippin' on the nail scene
Your mother Maryo, Pro
Your father Joe,
Odd jobber, carpenter
He might have made it
In the garment district
Instead of fathering a truth.
Would anyone know who wrote this? The title?
Thank you.
on the road questions....
Hi everyone,
I am completing the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IB) as part of my final year at high school.
As a part of the diploma, I must write an extended essay on a topic of my choice. For this, I have chosen to write mine on Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ and how the journey of Sal Paradise and the other “semi-intellectuals” is conveyed. I was wondering what people's thoughts were on this, and whether Sal really did grow as a person as he went back and forth across America...