The poems massacred are:
Supermarket in California - Alan Ginsberg
Pied Beauty - Gerard Manly Hopkins
This poem was written when I first started my blog. I was much more adventurous nine years ago I think.
With a headache I dream
wandering in and out of
the brilliant stacks of cans
following you-
Where are we going?
the doors close in an hour
Charon quit poling the ferry
I saw you Walt Whitman
Praise him
lonely old grubber
eyeing the grocery boys
Glory be to God for dappled things
what peaches and what penumbras!
every frozen delicacy
chestnut falls finches'wings
rose -moles all in stipple upon trout
sweet sour
whatever is fickle or freckled
bananas
at what price?
i heard you asking questions
lonely old courage teacher
self conscious looking at the full moon
dreaming of your enumerations
on the black waters of Lethe
Will we stroll dreaming of the lost America?
You got out on a smoking bank
I stood watching the boat disappear
We'll both be lonelyYou got out on a smoking bank
I stood watching the boat disappear
poking among the meats in the refrigerator
Who killed the pork chops?
And you,Garcia Lorca
Are you my Angel?
What were you doing down by the watermelons?
Poetry Pantry - Poets United
Interesting. Have a nice Sunday Rall
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This is a very interesting read. I loved it. Re being more adventurous when we started blogging years ago - I suspect by now we are getting tired, lol. I remember writing at a white heat back then. My pace is much slower now. But at least we are still writing!
ReplyDeleteThis was quite an adventure and a lot of fun to read....love that you shared it.
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It's wonderful, I love it! I particularly like the way you have placed the lines to suggest that Whitman felt the sentiments expressed in Pied Beauty -- because now that you point it out, Whitman and Hopkins did indeed share that great love of the natural world, and it's a line I could easily credit to Whutman if I dudn't know otherwise.
ReplyDeleteLove this...each shift of phrase and surprising connection. :)
ReplyDeleteMy you were adventurous to start with! I rarely touched poetry 10 or 11 years back merely writing short stories or serials until the inevitable branching out took place to experiment with verse.
ReplyDeleteAlan Ginsberg YES! And I'm not sure you..." massacred the poems" but it was delightful to see you try : )
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An oldie but a goodie
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