Monday, September 25, 2006
The Terms in Which I Think of Reality, by Allen Ginsberg
Reality is a question
of realizing how real
the world is already.
Time is Eternity,
ultimate and immovable;
everyone's an angel.
It's Heaven's mystery
of changing perfection :
absolute Eternity
changes! Cars are always
going down the street,
lamps go off and on.
It's a great flat plain;
we can see everything
on top of a table.
Clams open on the table,
lambs are eaten by worms
on the plain. The motion
of change is beautiful,
as well as form called
in and out of being.
Next : to distinguish process
in its particularity with
an eye to the initiation
of gratifying new changes
desired in the real world.
Here we're overwhelmed
with such unpleasant detail
we dream again of Heaven.
For the world is a mountain
of shit : if it's going to
be moved at all, it's got
to be taken by handfuls.
Man lives like the unhappy
whore on River Street who
in her Eternity gets only
a couple of bucks and a lot
of snide remarks in return
for seeking physical love
the best way she knows how,
never really heard of a glad
job or joyous marriage or
a difference in the heart :
or thinks it isn't for her,
which is her worst misery.
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Good Morning, It was a random poem on www.poemhunter.com.
I assume you meant the poem & not the picture or news item...
Thanks for the comment,
-Alice
I assume you meant the poem & not the picture or news item...
Thanks for the comment,
-Alice
excellent poem, Alice
who knew Ginsberg was so accessible ... a pre-cursor to Bukowski ... in that poem
very interesting stuff about police reports, artists,...and the old daze
i hope you're having a great day :)
good luck with the kitties ...
who knew Ginsberg was so accessible ... a pre-cursor to Bukowski ... in that poem
very interesting stuff about police reports, artists,...and the old daze
i hope you're having a great day :)
good luck with the kitties ...
Hi Sir Real!
Glad you like it.
Here's a site about his poems I just found - http://www.ginzy.com/Poems.html
Patterson, Spring, 1950- That's the only info shown for that poem, under his Early Works. The two links they have don't work. I was trying to find out more about that particular poem...
Love,
-Alice
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Glad you like it.
Here's a site about his poems I just found - http://www.ginzy.com/Poems.html
Patterson, Spring, 1950- That's the only info shown for that poem, under his Early Works. The two links they have don't work. I was trying to find out more about that particular poem...
Love,
-Alice
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