HOLY GINSBERG !

[maninwhitedress]

holy holy ginsberg, the man.

[liketelevisionsnow]

hol-eee mol-eee

[medicinesocks]

sacre bleu

[desertjournalonline]

Holy Cow???

[medicinesocks]

holy hep cats

holy ginseng holy registered nurses holy margaretsanger holy isaac bashevis singer of almost wholy forgotten songs

holy the desert holy the journal holy the holy line

in the sand

 holy the blown heads of infants and mothers'

sons holy the bloody cloths of their shrouds

holy the ire, holy the wrath, holy the rebellion holy the retribution and holy the holy mourners' wails holy holy holy

[ellyunfortunetly]

hahaha I have that same book! And his full works *struts stuff* :P

[medicinesocks]

it's a classic! and ginsberg's work is is world class, no doubt about it. he was a being of light. when i was 16 my english teacher took us to see him doing a solo reading. he was grumpy with the audience that night, but truly a wonderful poet.

[medicinesocks]

oh and elly, after we posted this we found your reading of the same poem... good stuff!

[adriiisffe]

You video is funny. Allen Ginsberg used to visit his friend John Fitzgerald on Clinton Avenue in Poughkeepsie. When I was young I did not like beatnik Poetry or writing because I had already read alot of Ezra Pound and James Joyce.

[medicinesocks]

i enjoyed joyce and the beats a lot in my youth, studied both the americans and the irish ex-pat in some depth. i didnt see any conflict of interest really no either or about it for, i really appreciated joyce and love many other modern writers. pound is a toughie, i'm not as familiar w/ him but surely he's worth the effort, like shakespeare. one great writer or genre has never precluded or cancelled out any others for me... when it comes to literature, i guess you could say i'm an omnivore.

[Cerri01234]

lol! Holy cow! Check out the Ballad of American Skeletons read by Ginsberg and Sir Paul McCartney :D It's cool but deffinately not Holy ;) Happy Holidays!

[medicinesocks]

that was one of the first youtube videos i ever watched and favorited. yeah, there's some great footage of the beats up here...

[Cerri01234]

Great minds think alike :D ^5!

[Barklord]

Holy moly!

[Cerri01234]

LOL! Caffeterias! :D

[medicinesocks]

kind of a melancholy image, to me people eating in cafeterias at xmas time

[medicinesocks]

holy everything, barklord!