Autobiographia Literaria - A poem by Frank O'Hara


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Frank O'Hara - Autobiographia Literaria

When I was a child
I played by myself in a 
corner of the schoolyard
all alone.

I hated dolls and I
hated games, animals were
not friendly and birds 
flew away.

If anyone was looking 
for me I hid behind a 
tree and cried out "I am
an orphan."

And here I am, the 
center of all beauty! 
writing these poems!
Imagine!

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Poet: Frank O'Hara (Frank O'Hara Art) Poem: Autobiographia Literaria Poem of the Day: Jul 20 2007 Comment 4 of 4, added on November 20th, 2009 at 3:13 PM. poem frank o hara depicts his childhood in this poem. he tells about how he was the kid with no friends and the one that was always shy and kept to himself anne farksworth from Canada Comment 3 of 4, added on November 20th, 2009 at 10:07 PM. the one left out this is a great discription of a child who was somewhat of a loner, and it expresses the way of life for this loner of a child as he discribes himself to be josh mcsnyder from United States Comment 2 of 4, added on March 16th, 2006 at 6:04 PM. This poem gave me a 100 on my recite at school.I love this poem so much not just because of the 100 but because it was about an orphan who was very lonely and then became a famous poet.I love it. Brittany from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Autobiographia Literaria, has received 4 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Frank O'Hara with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Frank O'Hara Poem: Autobiographia Literaria Last read: Dec 9 2009, 11:45AM Poem of the Day: Jul 20 2007 Viewed 5178 times. Added on March 16th, 2006 at 6:04 PM.

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