Re: "On What Planet"-Kenneth Rexroth
Will Dockery <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.arts.poetry.comments |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Jordy C <[email protected]> posted: > Faraway Star wrote: > > Jordy C wrote: > > > > > https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/54452/on-what-planet > > > > Hi there J.C. -- good choice --. > > > > A long time fan of Kenneth Rexroth, one of the sort of "founders" of Beat poetry: > > > > https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/beat-poets#:~:text=Poet%20and%20essayist%20Kenneth%20Rexroth,of%20the%20American%20middle%20class. > > > > ***** A national group of poets who emerged from San Francisco’s literary counterculture in the 1950s. Its ranks included Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gregory Corso, and Gary Snyder. Poet and essayist Kenneth Rexroth influenced the development of the “Beat” aesthetic, which rejected academic formalism and the materialism and conformity of the American middle class. Beat poetry is largely free verse, often surrealistic, and influenced by the cadences of jazz, as well by Zen and Native American spirituality. ***** > hey there, FS, thank you... Good afternoon again, Jordy. 😏 -- Poetry and songs of Will Dockery: https://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery