Allen Ginsberg

1926-1997 / Male / American
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136 Syllables At Rocky Mountain Dharma CenterTail turned to red sunset on a juniper crown a lone magpie cawks. / Mad at Oryoki in the shrine-room -- Thistles blossomed late afternoon. / Put on my shirt and took it off in the sun walking the path to lunch.
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A DesolationNow mind is clear / as a cloudless sky. / Time then to make a
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AmericaAmerica I've given you all and now I'm nothing. / America two dollars and twentyseven cents January / 17, 1956.
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An AsphodelO dear sweet rosy / unattainable desire / ...how sad, no way
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An Eastern BalladI speak of love that comes to mind: / The moon is faithful, although blind; / She moves in thought she cannot speak.
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A Supermarket In CaliforniaWhat thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whit- / man, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees / with a headache self-conscious looking at the full moon.
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A Western BalladWhen I died, love, when I died / my heart was broken in your care; / I never suffered love so fair
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CIA Dope CalypsoIn nineteen hundred forty-nine / China was won by Mao Tse-tung / Chiang Kai-shek's army ran away
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Cosmopolitan GreetingsTo Struga Festival Golden Wreath Laureates / & International Bards 1986 / Stand up against governments, against God.
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Crossing NationUnder silver wing / San Francisco's towers sprouting / thru thin gas clouds,
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