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Ginsberg Reading

In Bohemia, Poetry on May 5, 2009 at 1:24 pm

Here is Allen Ginsberg EMOTING a poem called “America:”

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Good luck with your papers.

  1. This was an interesting piece proffesor, on dat note this piece if it was meant to be read like how Allen Ginsberg read it, ill think america is a mad drunk. Can it really be that ones view of america isnt the right one, unless if that person who was viewing were nothing but an enraged drunk who at the time couldnt speak of its country outloud, but only as art. He says methaphorically “America why are your libraries full of tears?”, and i say America why would you teach youself fear? it is true that america had to fight as a young lady, to be the woman that she is today. But does blood shed, and the size of ones bomb could really messure up to ones intellect. Lets try fighting with words instead of being reapers ourselfs. He also says “Are you going to let our emotional life be run by Time Magazine?” and i would say is your life really worth being funded for, lets ask you this name the 400 person to die in WWII? was that persons life not interesting enough?, was he just another sacrifice “Under God”. All that im trying to say is why cant America, Germany, and Asia be friends lik dem gals in sex and the city? guess well never know, guess well always be the young woman with big guns. theres only one more queastion to ask but really the most Irellevent, and that is who will shoot first?