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Frank O'Hara - Today 

Oh!  Kangaroos, sequins, chocolate sodas!
You really are beautiful!  Pearls, 
harmonicas, jujubes, aspirins!  all
the stuff they've always talked about

still makes a poem a surprise!

Added: on May 12th, 2008 at 5:02 PM | Viewed: 3218 times | Comments and analysis of Today by Frank O'Hara Comments (1)


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Poet: Frank O'Hara (Frank O'Hara Art)
Poem: Today
Volume: Talking to the Sun at Fire Island

Comment 1 of 1, added on May 12th, 2008 at 5:02 PM.

Where's the rest of it? The part about "even on beachheads and biers"? The part about "They're strong as rocks"?

Theo Hummer from United States

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Poet: Frank O'Hara
Poem: Today
Volume: Talking to the Sun at Fire Island
Last read: Nov 8 2009, 2:39PM
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Added on May 12th, 2008 at 5:02 PM.


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