The late, great Allen Ginsberg, who was a 50s Beat poet, started a whole movement with his poem Howl. Even as I write this, a whole new generation is learning about the Beat movement thru Allen Ginsberg's Howl. (I know I did in high school) It may have been full of bigotry but the Beat generation and the hippie generation (love+peace=tie dye & LSD) after that influence a whole generation not to be conformists. That we are all individuals, we don't have to be like our parents, don't have to follow our parents' footsteps. WE CAN BREAK THE MOLD!!
To some, who do not want to conform, those conformists, think this poem is kinda sorta controversial.
Tell me, what do
you all think of Allen Ginsberg's Howl?
Although he read at SFSU Poetry in the late 50s, this audio clip is from one of Chicago big table readings: Howl (20:06):
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