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A review by theuncultured
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
5.0
I absolutely love reading Ginsberg out loud, mostly to myself, while facing a mirror or an empty wall. You definitely get a grander feeling when the words are vocalized. It's as if the entire thing becomes present and pleasantly melancholic. I don't know if it's true that that is how his poems were meant to be read - I mean, I've never heard of another group of people (or a generation) that have come together to bring out the most verbally beautiful sentences with such infinite writing, so who knows?
Ginsberg's words come alive in this one, the rhythm is absolutely brilliant, the lines as controversial and raw as you've always known them. Some of the poems in this collection were new to me (I will never forget that it took me two days to finish 'Kaddish' due to its sheer power) and some I've read before, but all in all, this is a book for the shelves.
Ginsberg's words come alive in this one, the rhythm is absolutely brilliant, the lines as controversial and raw as you've always known them. Some of the poems in this collection were new to me (I will never forget that it took me two days to finish 'Kaddish' due to its sheer power) and some I've read before, but all in all, this is a book for the shelves.