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The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara
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Frank O'Hara's poems range from utterly brilliant to utterly pointless, but man, I love him. When I was a wee English undergrad O'Hara made me laugh so much, and was one of the voices that helped me realize that poetry resides as much in the mundane and the absurd as it does in the fantastic and the beautiful.
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Apr 03, 2013 11:50AM
Yes! You captured his essence in that short review! I remember analysing that poem of his "Why I am not a painter" and smiling at playful tone. He was so refreshing though, I'll have to go back and reread this eventually...
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I read O'Hara always. This book is so large and so rewarding. It is something to just pick up and open at random and lose oneself in. Sweet Frank O'Hara, penning pomes on napkins during his lunch hour, scribbling on discarded theater tickets and toilet paper!
Geoff wrote: "I read O'Hara always. This book is so large and so rewarding. It is something to just pick up and open at random and lose oneself in. Sweet Frank O'Hara, penning pomes on napkins during his lunc..."...and his endless lists of details, observations and references of his daily life in NY, it must have been thrilling to live the artistic revolution of the fifties!
Adored John Ashbery as well even though he was harder work!
Dolors wrote: "Geoff wrote: "I read O'Hara always. This book is so large and so rewarding. It is something to just pick up and open at random and lose oneself in. Sweet Frank O'Hara, penning pomes on napkins d..."Yes, Ashbery is great, but he is quite opaque and difficult. A good median point between O'Hara and Ashbery is James Schuyler. His Collected Poems are well worth your time, especially if you're into O'Hara and Ashbery, as they were all pals (I'm probably telling you things you already know, apologies):
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...
Geoff wrote: "Dolors wrote: "Geoff wrote: "I read O'Hara always. This book is so large and so rewarding. It is something to just pick up and open at random and lose oneself in. Sweet Frank O'Hara, penning pom..."duly noted, thanks for the tip (and I didn't know! so let the recommendations flow! :) )
