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Beatniks were artists and writers who started a literature-based sociocultural movement in 1950s America. This Tumblr is all about them, their work, their inspirations, and those they inspired. I also include the evolution of faux beat culture into a 1950s pop trend as well as how the beatniks' influence continues today. I apologize for any reposts; it's difficult to remember what I have and have not shared.
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Everywhere I Go by Jack Micheline
Everywhere I go is beauty,
trees illuminated
street lights glowing in the darkness
I want to run up to strangers and kiss them
but there is too much noise
men kill each other
I’m sick and tired of seeing sad faces
stop that bastard machine
everyone is God and Holy
a spike is ripping at my throat
I smell a fragrance of a rose
everywhere I go is beauty
the famous bob kaufman who took his now famous vow of silence after JFK’s assassination. a truly amazing poet; bohemian; hobo.
All those ships that never sailedThe ones with their seacocks openThat were scuttled in their stalls…Today I bring them backHuge and intransitoryAnd let them sailForever
(Source: mrsdentonorahippo)
Ken Kesey, Ken Babbs, Sandy Lehman-Haupt et al, front porch of Timothy Leary’s Millbrook estate, Millbrook, NY Summer 1964. photo c. Allen Ginsberg Estate
“Is it true (that) the last time you visited Jack that you were turned away?”
(Source: cequisetrouve)
