City Lights Pocket Poets Lunch Poems, Book 19, (Hardcover)

from m.belljackson

If only more of the poems had been like the best Lunch one, "Poem" on page 78 where "Lana Turner has Collapsed!" This one has curiosity, insight inspiration, and is highly a lot of fun to read. Most others are boring and self-indulgent, with the exception of these I enjoyed: A STEP AWAY FROM THEM...

from whitewavedarling

This is an interesting read particularly if you've read Ginsberg and enjoyed his work as you can see his influence in both language and form. It is more pedestrian though and reads, in a way, like a personal journal moreso than the desperatation that comes across in Ginsberg's work. You never get...

from allthesedarnbooks

My creative writing professor is a huge fan of this collection. I'm not quite as enthusiastic, but I still enjoyed it. There are some real gems where O'Hara's conversational, prosey style and unique imagery shine. A few of my favorites are "Cambridge," "The Day Lady Died," "St. Paul and All That,...

from greeniezona

I've been meaning to read this book since falling in love with "Why I am Not a Painter" back when I took that Modern Poetry class. I slipped into my bag when I was heading out to take my twelve-year-old to the ACT -- and read most of it while sitting with the other parents of adolescents taking t...