136 Syllables At Rocky Mountain Dharma Center - A poem by Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg - 136 Syllables At Rocky Mountain Dharma Center

Tail turned to red sunset on a juniper crown a lone magpie cawks.

Mad at Oryoki in the shrine-room -- Thistles blossomed late afternoon.

Put on my shirt and took it off in the sun walking the path to lunch.

A dandelion seed floats above the marsh grass with the mosquitos.

At 4 A.M. the two middleaged men sleeping together holding hands.

In the half-light of dawn a few birds warble under the Pleiades.

Sky reddens behind fir trees, larks twitter, sparrows cheep cheep cheep
       cheep cheep.
       
                                        July 1983


Caught shoplifting ran out the department store at sunrise and woke up.

                                        August 1983

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Poet: Allen Ginsberg Poem: 136 Syllables At Rocky Mountain Dharma Center Volume: White Shroud Year: Published/Written in 1983 Poem of the Day: Jun 4 2012 Comment 6 of 6, added on May 29th, 2012 at 12:19 AM. 136 Syllables These are one-line haiku, successful or not. R. Gray from United States Comment 5 of 6, added on March 15th, 2012 at 12:49 AM. BegOnAfDdZtKLiu Hi Kim,I just planted my rtbawrersies and found some friends in my garden:Garden worms chompingdigesting it’s surroundingsmy blissful garden. Happy Haiku Friday. Alejandro from Qatar Comment 4 of 6, added on December 23rd, 2009 at 7:07 PM. to danny they are both heavily influenced by buddhism and eastern literature and like you said... they were really close friends. this does go way back to early modern american poetry. WC Williams, who was also influenced by Eastern Lit. was Ginsberg mentor who introduced him to Snyder(or something like that). Look it up. jimson More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, 136 Syllables At Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, has received 6 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Allen Ginsberg Poem: 136 Syllables At Rocky Mountain Dharma Center Volume: White Shroud Year: Published/Written in 1983 Last read: 2013-05-22 12:45:53 Poem of the Day: Jun 4 2012 Viewed 5890 times. Added Feb 20 2003.

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