#Howl and Other Poems
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— Allen Ginsberg, excerpt from “Howl”, from Howl and Other Poems (1956)
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On this date, October 3 in 1957, the California State Superior Court ruled that the book Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsburg was not obscene. High in the pantheon of American literature and an icon of the Beat Generation, Ginsburg started working on Howl in 1954. It was first published in 1956 by Beat poet and San Francisco bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti through his City Lights Books imprint. Containing many references to sex and drugs, the publication was seized, deemed obscene, and Ferlinghetti and his bookstore manager Shig Murao were arrested and brought to trial. The trial was widely publicized, and Ferlinghetti won the case with the help of the ACLU, with California State Superior Court Judge Clayton Horn declaring that the poem was of "redeeming social importance."
Shown here are the title page to the 8th 1959 printing of the City Lights 1st edition; the title page, signed by Ginsburg, and opening lines from the 1971 Grabhorn-Hoyem limited-edition printing of 275 copies on handmade paper; and the cover for the 2010 graphic novel version with illustrations by American graphic artist Eric Drooker, published by Harper Perennial, which were originally created as animation for the 2010 movie Howl. The image of Ginsburg working on the Howl manuscript in 1955 is from Drooker’s graphic novel.
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#Milestone Monday#milestones#Howl#Howl and Other Poems#City Lights Books#Lawrence Ferlinghetti#Shig Murao#Grabhorn-Hoyem#Robert Grabhorn#Andrew Hoyem#Eric Drooker#graphic novels#Harper Perennial#obscenity trials#Beat poetry#Beat Generation
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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || May 26 || Black and White:
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
#Howl and Other Poems#Allen Ginsberg#justonemorepage#jompbpc#book photo challenge#book photography#books#Not Out of Void But Out of Chaos
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I am a "Howl" stan.
The 2010 movie adaptation with James Franco is really weird though.
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yes, yes,
that's what
I wanted,
I always wanted,
I always wanted,
to return
to the body
where I was born.”
Allen Ginsberg, from Howl and Other Poems
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I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old
grubber, poking among the meats in the refrigerator
and eyeing the grocery boys.
I heard you asking questions of each: Who killed
the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my
Angel?
—Allen Ginsberg, from "A Supermarket in California" (Howl & Other Poems, City Lights Books, 1956)
#quotations#typography#poetry#allen ginsberg#howl and other poems#a supermarket in california#do you like walt whitman?#yes i like walt whitman very much#what price bananas?#are you my angel?#the beat generation#favorite poems ever
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Allen Ginsberg, from Howl and Other Poems; “Song”
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guess who's planning on getting two tattoos based on Howl and Other Poems
#jess mariano#literati#howl#howl and other poems#allen ginsberg#its not really based on its just two quotes#one from howl and the other from william carlos williams introduction of howl#i both so much#and i wish to tell people able them#please ask me about them#also i cant make official plans to get them because im broke but if yall want to venmo me and promise to never look my real name up#on instagram or other#that would be really wonderful#because that way i could pay the artist on venmo and my mom would never have to see the transactions in my bank account#could just lie and say i bought cloths#but she'd want to see them and she'd eventually put two and two together#not because shes smart like that but because she always assumes the worst of me#and she would be right
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NO BEING MEAN TO ME.
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i love this because... no ballad will be written, this will be entirely forgotten, but YOU are the ballad... those lines are a part of the ballad that will never be written and you are the ballad
#if you saw me add this to howl & other poems you didn't :|#but it IS how i think about [redacted]#jo in the tardis*#Spotify
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— Allen Ginsberg, excerpt from “Transcription of Organ Music”, from Howl and Other Poems (1956)
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Listening to Hozier and reading Silas Melvin feels like I've reached my personal enlightenment era
#silas denver melvin#hozier#ESPECIALLY 'IT WILL COME BACK' AND 'STRAIGHT BOYS AND THE FAGGOTS THAT FORGIVE THEM'#and 'let dead dogs lie' as well#that song and those poems#there's a very feral feeling between them#especially the animalistic and canine metaphors#i could write several essays about the parallels in motifs and shit#like when hozier said 'you'll hear me howling outside your door'#and when silas said ' here: my howling sense of reason'#or 'so you return to the boy like a rejected astronaut' and 'give me mercy no more that's a kindness you can't afford'#ARRGGH#HOW ARE THESE TWO DIFFERENT ARTISTS WHO'VE PROBABLY NEVER EVEN HEARD OF EACH OTHER HAVING SO MANY PARALLELS#I aspire to use these very ritually animalistic metaphors in my poems#rambles
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hii 11 for the ask game !!
11. 3 books that you would recommend everyone to read
pfffft okay midwinter day - bernadette meyer, the haunting of hill house - shirley jackson, jazz - toni morrison
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Canção
O peso do mundo
é o amor.
Sob o fardo da solidão,
sob o fardo da insatisfação
o peso
o peso que carregamos é o amor
Quem poderia negá-lo?
Em sonho nos toca
o corpo
em pensamentos
constrói
um milagre,
na imaginação
aflige-se
até tornar-se
humano-
sai para fora do coração
ardendo de pureza-
pois o fardo da vida
é o amor,
mas nós carregamos o peso
cansados
e assim temos que descansar
nos braços do amor
finalmente
temos que descansar nos braços
do amor
Nenhum descanso
sem amor,
nenhum sono
nem sonhos
de amor-
que esteja eu louco ou frio,
obcecado pro anjos
ou por máquinas,
o último desejo é o amor
-não se pode ser amargo
não pode ser negado
não pode ser contido
quando negado:
o peso é demasiado
-deve dar-se
sem nada de volta
assim como o pensamento
é dado
na solidão
em toda excelência de seu excesso.
Os corpos quentes
brilham juntos
na escuridão,
a mão se move
para o centro
da carne,
a pele treme
na felicidade
e a alma sobe
feliz até o olho-
sim, sim
é isso que
eu queria
eu sempre quis,
eu sempre quis voltar
ao corpo
em que nasci.
-Allen Gisnberg. Uivo e outros poemas.
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Call out to the stars with that hopeless voice of yours
Howl with everything in your soul
Let your song echo out into the night sky
So that one day someone may answer your prayers
The melody that only you know
A rhapsody sang by the lonely
Howl to the moon and let her hear your pleas
So that one day your voice won't be the only one at all
#otherkin#caninehearted#canine therian#coyotekin#loneliness#therian#therianthropy#werewolfcore#knight writes#personally I do not have the urge to howl#but others might so here you go :)#original poem#poemblr#poetry#alterhuman
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三生石上旧精魂 - An Old Soul On the Stone of Three Lives
by 袁郊 Yuan Jiao tr. @/fwoopersongs
三生石上旧精魂，
sān shēng shí shàng jiù jīnghún
Three lifetimes are writ upon the Stone, old soul,
赏月吟风不用论。
shǎng yuè yín fēng bù yòng lùn
speak not of the poetry composed about the wind, nor of those times we admired the moon
惭愧故人远相访，
cán kuì gùrén yuǎn xiāng fǎng
I’m ashamed to have troubled you so, dear friend, travelling thus far to visit;
此身虽异性长存。
cǐ shēn suī yì xìng cháng cún
though this body is now different, its character, its heart long remains.
#;but a heart of stone is not easily moved | musings#//it was attached to another poem so i didn't want to reblog the whole post#//i cry in rezhong emotions#//poetry composed nor the times we admired the moon [palace] i'm crying in the club#//'though this body is different its character its heart long remains'#//fucking howling at the moon#//the story was pretty popular and was retold/rewritten by others#//but it's actually really good#//inject that reincarnation and fated shit into my veins
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