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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780872860353
ISBN: 0872860353
Label: City Lights Publishers
Manufacturer: City Lights Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 76
Publication Date: January 01, 2001
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Studio: City Lights Publishers
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lunchtime classic in the Pocket Poets series
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great small book of poems that you can whisk out and read on the run, at lunch, or during your cigarette break.
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Frank O'Hara's poems have become windows into a vibrant past, and to have this little book of some of his best is to have a portable time machine.
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buy this now. it's the essential frank o'hara. great choice to keep around for lulls in the day, or for when you're in need of a quick smile.
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The perfect introduction to the poetry of O'Hara, "Lunch Poems" is a celebration of life in New York City with art, poetry, music, friends, and of course, the movies. This book contains 'Ave Maria' with the marvelous opening lines:
Mothers of America
let your kids go to the movies!
get them out of the house so they won't know what you're up to
it's true that fresh air is good for the body
but what about the soul
that grows in darkness, embossed by silvery images...
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Hello my literate friends.
I want to tell you something. This is a book of poems and I should not be writing a review for it. It is famous everywhere except here, and we are here. But I will tell you what you should know to buy this book. That is my job. Now that we have that clear.
These poems are beautiful and good. They are also talky, which is a word my friend Mark Halliday uses, which means that they might sometimes seem close to prose. They are called Lunch Poems because that ... Read More
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EAN: 9780872860353
ISBN: 0872860353
Label: City Lights Publishers
Manufacturer: City Lights Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 76
Publication Date: January 01, 2001
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Studio: City Lights Publishers