Allen Ginsberg - Moloch (from Howl movie)

Part of Ginsberg's epic poem "Howl" where he foresaw saw destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. It is one of the classic poems of the Beat Generation.

"Moloch whose Soul is electricity and banks!"
"Moloch whose Poverty is the specter of Genius"
"Moloch whose fate is a cloud of sexless hydrogen"
"Moloch whose name is the Mind. Robot apartments"
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Taken from Howl movie (2010, Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman)

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[jonnyhatter35]

Moloch vs. Gaia, that's the 21st century in a nutshell. Well, Moloch can't win. . .But I have sympathy for Moloch, I guess because i'm a city boy. even Ginsberg said, "Holy the angel in Moloch"

[radekk76]

Good point... Hard to live with him (Moloch), and even harder without it....

[cupamelohuevos]

Sigh*

[varelatom]

hola soy de esa gente y me gusta porque me parece profunda, real y hermosa

[hermenutic]

Thanks for posting this. The most influential poem of the last half of the 20th century.

I heard Allen read 'Howl for Carl Solomon' at Hobart College in 1968, or 69. Memory fails. He also read 'Wales Visitation' which he had just written and had not yet published.

[soyfede2012]

COMO PUEDE HABER GENTE QUE LE GUSTE ESTA MIERDA ILLUMINATI???

[hiimrjay]

It's from a movie that James Franco is in. The movie is called Howl.

[gioopps11]

What is this

[María Cristina Capriles]

Me parece extraordinario. Obra imperecedera

[sean lester]

Michael Scott is the author of the Nicolas Flamel series(The Alchemyst, The Magician, The Sorceress, The Necromancer, The Warrior, The Enchantress). p.s Melting Euphoria is similar to Ozric Tentacles and Gong.