PoemA Desolaltion
Author / PoetAllen Ginsberg
TagsCreation, Home, Loneliness, Wilderness

Now mind is clear
as a cloudless sky.
Time then to make a
home in wilderness.

What have I done but
wander with my eyes
in the trees? So I
will build: wife,
family, and seek
for neighbors.

Or I
perish of lonesomeness
or want of food or
lightning or the bear
(must tame the hart
and wear the bear).

And maybe make an image
of my wandering, a little
image—shrine by the
roadside to signify
to traveler that I live
here in the wilderness
awake and at home.

Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg
Region: North America
Period: Contemporary
Movement: Beat Generation
Awards: National Book Award, Robert Frost Medal

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Poem NameTopic
Hum Bom!Bombing, Conflict, Repetition
Wild OrphanImagination, Loneliness, Mythology
Those TwoComplaint, Humor, Nature
Cosmopolitan GreetingsChange, Freedom, Perception
An AsphodelDesire, Dreaming, Nudity
SongBurden, Humanity, Love
In The Baggage Room At GreyhoundEternity, Loss, Tragedy
When The Light AppearsEmotion, Faith, Growth
September On Jessore RoadDespair, Families, Poverty
The Terms In Which I Think Of RealityChange, Eternity, Perception

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