Frank O´Hara reads "Having a coke with you"

Frank O´Hara reading his poem "Having a coke with you" in his flat in New York in 1966, shortly before his accidental death. Taken from - "USA: Poetry: Frank O'Hara" produced and directed by Richard Moore, for KQED and WNET. Originally aired on September 1, 1966. This video was found where more videos can be seen: on http://www.frankohara.org

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[ralf popescu]

NO NO guys that's not what this poem is about!! The poem is about how it doesn't matter what you do in your life... just who you do with it. The most simple things in life, like drinking a coke, can be an incredible experience if you do it with the right person. The artists tried so hard to create beautiful paintings and sculptures, but they never got the right person to be in their pieces. And that's all that matters in an experience; the person, not what you did.

[01AlanBennett]

"love between gays is not love"

What an unfortunate fucking moron you are, my friend.

[Joe Wooldridge]

You are wrong, a poem is often about specific events in the context of the poets life. Percy Shelley's 'Mask of Anarchy' was a response to the Manchester riot, Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum est is the recounting a first hand experience depicting the inglorious reality of war.

You are confused because poems can make you feel, but you are limited by your knowledge and experience of the subject.

[ewisker]

most of the time, a poem is "about" more than one thing and that's not to say it's about one thing for each person who reads it, but more than one thing for each person, each time they read it, at different times in their life.. this is true for the poet, as well. trying to assert that a poem is "about" any one thing is just a waste: of time, of the poem, of the effort.

i hope you get my point.

[Laura Daniela Alzate Tobón]

Does anybody know in what book does this poem appear?

[dkthg]

He's pimping for coke you idiot.

[Olivia Wedderburn]

dream boat

[incandescentsmile]

I absolutely adore this poem, and it seems to take on a greater immediacy with O'Hara himself reading it. But, I must say, I do find his terrible comb-over to be quite distracting.

[Adiba Ahmed]

Poem's like this make you contemplate about love. It's so beautifully powerful. My favourite poem ever. If a guy read this to me, I'd melt on the spot.

[RaymondArcangel]

very powerful

[sptfgpn]

He can't be your friend if you address him in that way.

[703390]

my gf told me to watch this ad so i did i love it :D