A review by futurama1979
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

5.0

He uses language like nobody else. I can't describe the weight the poem "Howl" has or what it made me feel. Ginsberg is despite his detail on detail very blunt. The contrast cuts through the accusation of being too purple, too lurid, or too lowspoken and crass. And it is contrasting, adding tension to the movement of Ginsberg's language, but it's also balanced, and balancing. He is speaking sincerely, and speaking the real world with no degree of separation. I thought every following poem was almost equally strong. "Wild Orphan" and "Transcription of Organ Music" I loved particularly.