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CLASSIC OF THE DAY:

Howl And Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg 

  • Amazon: 4.5/5
  • Goodreads: 4.15/5

Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” was probably the dividing line between two Americas, two generations, two sexualities, two cultures. He was of course indicted and arrested and this poem barred from publication - of course again making it sell a lot more copies eventually - but in a way he was America’s first great modern poet. The first line became a sort of countercultural national mantra: “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked” “Howl” presents a view of contemporary society, placing a source of human woe within human consciousness and perception. In his poem, Ginsberg uses the word “Moloch,” for the condition of the mind. The narrator declares" Mental Moloch!“… Moloch who name is the Mind!” According to Ginsberg, we are born in a state of “natural ecstasy” but Moloch “enter’s the soul early”. He pushes for an emergence from the belly of “Moloch,” or the monster of corrupt institutions that devours us, “bashe[s]” and eats “up our brains and imaginations.” One of our favorite poems of all time and an absolute must read.

by guest reviewer the mad hatter 

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