tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288770321581782606.post33460090106526141..comments2012-05-19T15:12:07.124-07:00Comments on Poetry Worth Reading: Poetry I Really Really Like: A MANIFESTO by John GuzlowskiMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905660989374332328noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288770321581782606.post-25312912441191370422010-03-04T08:16:22.394-08:002010-03-04T08:16:22.394-08:00This blank verse is one, long sentence (100 beats)...This blank verse is one, long sentence (100 beats) about the Big Bang.<br /><br />FIRST COURSE<br /> -- James Ph. Kotsybar<br />Flavored with quarks and served up piping hot,<br />the soup of the universe expanded<br />and cooled, as if blown by the breath of God,<br />creating tiny swirls of nuclei<br />we know as hydrogen and helium<br />that clump with what we now call electrons, <br />precipitating from the space it made,<br />condensing to heavier elements,<br />like miso at the bottom of the bowl,<br />to make the emptied solution seem clear.Poeteyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09534813243606718999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288770321581782606.post-84908543563222449092008-12-20T20:29:00.000-08:002008-12-20T20:29:00.000-08:00From what I heard, Allen Ginsberg - who is one of ...From what I heard, Allen Ginsberg - who is one of my favorites, too - joined NAMBLA at or around the time the government was trying to silence them - i.e., stop them from marching, protesting, etc. Like Ginsberg, the ACLU took a lot of heat for defending them in court. I do believe Ginsberg was promoting their First Amendment right to free speech. If indeed there was an ulterior motive, I'm not aware of it.<BR/><BR/>I suspect, however, coming to the conclusion that he joined for reasons other than free speech could be, rather easily, drawn. <BR/><BR/>None of that, may I add, takes away from the quality of his work. Perhaps he wasn't a man of high moral integrity, but he was one helluva poet.Proletariathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668308672687854693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288770321581782606.post-769689968543884662008-01-18T20:11:00.000-08:002008-01-18T20:11:00.000-08:00Thanks,for the post, Steve.I like Millay too. I c...Thanks,for the post, Steve.<BR/><BR/>I like Millay too. I came to her later than most of my other favorites.<BR/><BR/>Ginsberg and NAMBLA?<BR/><BR/>I've read so much that seems contradictory about this. His joining and then withdrawing, his various reasons for joining.<BR/><BR/>Have you found a good explanation of what was going on with him and NAMBLA?John Guzlowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052735138993479204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288770321581782606.post-13153118077847274112008-01-04T19:04:00.000-08:002008-01-04T19:04:00.000-08:00Millay is one of my favorites, and I used to like ...Millay is one of my favorites, and I used to like Ginsberg, but when he "came out of the closet" as a supporter of NAMBLA, I lost pretty much all interst in his work.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394056957171485464noreply@blogger.com