Micro Tribute to Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) & Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
I wouldn’t write at all if it weren’t
for myriad writers before me whose works showed me what was possible. The poems
of this series are small offerings of respect, of thanks, to those muses. –
Brian Beatty
Allen Ginsberg & Walt Whitman
I imagine you this
sweet old couple rolling
a shopping cart
through America's supermarkets
arguing out of
matching beards about William Blake,
current politics and
the lack of local produce.
Sunday nights I
half-expect to find you
holding each other
down the organic aisle
as if on your
fluorescent honeymoon,
divorced dads, college
frat boys
and military
discharges stopping to stare —
confused, no doubt, as
the store’s overhead Muzak.
– Brian Beatty
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Brian's recent collections of poetry are Dust and Stars: Miniatures and Brazil, Indiana.
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The work of these two verbose poets couldn't be more different than my own from a distance, but the energy and individuality of their work has always inspired me.
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