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Hey Father Death, I'm flying home
Hey poor man, you're all alone
Hey old daddy, I know where I'm g .........
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Allen Ginsberg
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Francis De Bueger (6/9/2008 2:41:00 PM)
dear Gerald D. & Kingsley D.
Thank you for your nice comment on F.D. Blues. |
Gerald Duffy (1/10/2008 8:35:00 AM)
Oh, dear Jack Runningbear, you missed it all! Ginsberg loved his father Louis and was very kind to him. Louis was a poet himself and opened the door for Allen when he was a kid. Father Death Blues is Ginsberg's poem honoring his dead father. You can hear him sing it on YouTube: search for 'Allen Ginsberg - Father Death Blues.' Maybe you'll reconsider? |
Jack Runningbear (12/15/2007 3:42:00 PM)
If the entire body of Ginsberg's work was printed on toilet paper, it might finally, in some way, contribute something of value to our culture (if not our sewer systems) . |
Kingsley Dorian (10/6/2007 5:29:00 PM)
I love this poem, for reasons I'm not even quite sure ot. It's so simple, but... maybe it's because I watched the video of Allen Ginsberg performing this poem, and just watching him mesmerised me. Looking at the words now, I see an entire life painted on a canvas as if by a child with some deeper, adult knowledge. Words fail me - this poem is quintessential Ginsberg, in his later years. He even said himself that he wanted to be remembered by this poem. |
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