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Literacy / Citizenship: Creative writing

This poem is a passionate and outspoken comment on American society where Alan Ginsberg was living in San Fransisco in the 1940s.

  • What kind of things does he talk about?
  • Write a short poem about something that makes you angry. Reflect your thoughts and feelings about life and the issues around you. Use your own experiences as a starting point.

Allen Ginsberg reading his poem Howl (for Carl Solomon), written 1955-1956, recorded in Berkeley Town Hall Theatre, 1956

© 1956 Allen Ginsberg, released with the permission of The Wylie Agency, Inc.
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