Selected Poems, 1947-1995 by Allen Ginsberg

Selected Poems, 1947-1995 by Allen GinsbergChosen by Ginsberg himself from nearly fifty years of experimental, groundbreaking verse, this selection, in his words, summarizes what I deem most honest, most penetrant of my writing, and includes lesser known and later works which go beyond his iconic Beat Generation image. Presented chronologically, and ranging from early works such as Paterson (1949) to selections from White Shroud (198085) and Cosmopolitan Greetings (198692), and including the

now engaged to a Silver prince

you will learn: how to awaken your true gifts and shine powerfully in the world

In a competition which saw more than 400 wounded

When yet another date ends in disaster

The Godfather

You will come to understand that money flows like water and arrives like a guest

Unmasking both the beauty and ugliness of human nature

A mere means to relax on a leisurely day for some and for others being life itself

From Copernicus’ revolutionary claim that the earth orbits the sun and Kepler’s development of the laws of planetary motion to Einstein’s interweaving of time and space

It’s about vulnerability to exploitation

and coastlines

romantic love and prison agonies