I was very inspired by Ginsberg's "Howl." Its actually the first piece of beat poetry I've ever read. It was exciting to read even when I didn't understand all of the references the first time I read through it. However, from a theatrical perspective, I was very disappointed by Ginsberg's reading of it. He was obviously made for the page.
I also enjoyed reading about his life. He was a hippie before it was cool.
A couple of my favorite passages:
"who threw their watches off the roof to cast their ballot for Eternity outside of Time, & alarm clocks fell on their heads every day for the next decade"
"I'm with you in Rockland
where we hug and kiss the United States under our bedsheets the United States that coughs al night and won't let us sleep"
I appreciate that in his poem, he references EVERYthing that he believes to be a cause of the pain of the poets. It's very Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen and La Vie Boheme from RENT.
It's groovy. What can I say?
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