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'''Pull my Daisy''' is a poem which has been published in many different forms and stages of development and completion. |
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'''"Pull My Daisy"''' is a poem by [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Jack Kerouac]] and [[Neal Cassady]]. It was written in the late 1940s in a similar way to the [[Surrealist]] “[[exquisite corpse]]” game, with one person writing the first line, the other writing the second, and so on sequentially with each person only being shown the line before. |
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It provided the title for the film ''[[Pull My Daisy]]'', which was narrated by Kerouac, and featured Ginsberg and other writers, artists and actors of the [[Beat Generation]]. It was based on an event in the life of Cassady. The poem also featured in a [[jazz]] composition by [[David Amram]], which appeared in the opening of the film. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/kerkhoff/beatgeneration/Pull-Poem.htm 'Pull my Daisy'] |
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==References== |
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{{Allen Ginsberg| state=uncollapsed}} |
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[[Category:Poetry by Allen Ginsberg]] |
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[[Category:American poems]] |
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Latest revision as of 04:35, 1 May 2021
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"Pull My Daisy" is a poem by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady. It was written in the late 1940s in a similar way to the Surrealist “exquisite corpse” game, with one person writing the first line, the other writing the second, and so on sequentially with each person only being shown the line before.
It provided the title for the film Pull My Daisy, which was narrated by Kerouac, and featured Ginsberg and other writers, artists and actors of the Beat Generation. It was based on an event in the life of Cassady. The poem also featured in a jazz composition by David Amram, which appeared in the opening of the film.
"Pull My Daisy" can be found published in various forms in Kerouac's Scattered Poems and Ginsberg's Collected Poems.