Transcription of Organ Music
July 5, 2023Homework
July 5, 2023In Back of the Real
railroad yard in San Jose
I wandered desolate
in front of a tank factory
and sat on a bench
near the switchman’s shack.
A flower lay on the hay on
the asphalt highway
–the dread hay flower
I thought–It had a
brittle black stem and
corolla of yellowish dirty
spikes like Jesus’ inchlong
crown, and a soiled
dry center cotton tuft
like a used shaving brush
that’s been lying under
the garage for a year.
Yellow, yellow flower, and
flower of industry,
tough spiky ugly flower,
flower nonetheless,
with the form of the great yellow
Rose in your brain!
This is the flower of the World.
Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) was an American poet who was part of the Beat generation of writers. He was known for his exploration of themes such as drug use, homosexuality, and Eastern spirituality in his poetry. Some of his famous works include "Howl" and "Kaddish."