Howl

Howl is a poem by Allen Ginsberg that was first performed in 1955 in the Six Gallery in San Francisco. It is noted for relating stories and experiences of his friends and contemporaries, its tumbling hallucinatory style, and the subsequent obscenity trial which it provoked. It is dedicated to Ginsberg's friend Carl Solomon, whom he met in a mental institution.

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The poem is in three parts, with an additional footnote. Part I is the best known, and communicates scenes, characters and situations drawn from his own experience, and the community of poets, artists, political radicals, jazz musicians, drug addicts and psychiatric patients which he encountered. Part II is a lament at the state of America, named as 'Moloch' in the poem. He was inspired to write Part II when he saw a hotel as a monster he named Moloch during a peyote vision, and much of the section itself was written while under that same peyote influence. Part III is directly addressed to Carl Solomon, whom Ginsberg met whilst visiting his mother at Rockland, a New York psychiatric hospital, and relates shared experiences, hopes and fears. The footnote is notable for its repetitive 'Holy!' mantra and its optimistic outlook.

Allen Ginsberg: Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5 1997) was an American Beat poet born in Paterson, New Jersey. He formed a bridge between the Beat movement of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s, befriending, among others, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, William S. Burroughs, Timothy Leary, Gregory...

1955: 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar....

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