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Photographic Poetics June 30, 1988

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Title	Photographic Poetics June 30, 1988
Performer(s)	Ginsberg, Allen
Subject 1	Poetry, Modern--20th century.
Subject 2	Consciousness--Poetry.
Subject 3	Haiku.
Abstract	Allen Ginsberg continues his class on photographic poetics as he discusses several modern poets and elaborates on his writing slogans. He reads work from writers including Blaise Cendrars, William Carlos Williams, and Charles Reznikoff. Ginsberg spends time discussing the slogans “Ordinary mind includes eternal perceptions” and “First thought, best thought,” as they relate to examining mind to find subject matter for poems. Additionally, he discusses Jack Kerouac’s haikus and plays “Blues and Haikus,” a recording of Kerouac reading his haikus to music.
Content	0:00 Slate. 0:20 Allen Ginsberg starts class with the notion of ‘ordinary mind.’ Mentions Walt Whitman’s line, “He who binds to himself a joy…” in relation to this notion. 9:25 Talks about the poet Blaise Cendrars utilizing items such as newspaper reports for his writing. 11:10 Reads poems “10 Stop Press” and “Amphitryon.” 13:42 “Office.” 15:25 “Young Girl.” 18:33 Reads William Carlos Williams’ “Thursday” to illustrate the state of ‘ordinary mind.’ 23:18 Introduces and reads Williams’ “Good Night.” Discusses the vividness of the poem and the awareness of the poet. 30:05 In the twentieth century, subjects of poems include the mind; mind jumping, texture of consciousness, etc., instead of a linear story. William’s poem “Paterson,” Ezra Pound’s “Cantos,” Kerouac’s “Mexico City Blues,” and “The Fall of America” by Ginsberg. WWI broke up linear forms of poetry; realization that the world is not linear, does not make sense. 37:10 Ginsberg reads “Lunch Hour” by David Cope. Discusses the writing slogan “Ordinary mind includes eternal perceptions,” explaining how meditation relates to this slogan. 44:25 Discusses “First thought, best thought,” a tool for examining the mind. Reads from “Sunday Walks in the Suburbs,” by Charles Reznikoff, as an example of vividness and ordinary mind. 51:26 “The wind blows the rain…” by Reznikoff. 54:13 Reads “If there is a scheme…” as another example of first thought. Trungpa said “Poetry is writing your mind.” 56:42 William Carlos Williams another poet who used ordinary mind. Ginsberg reads “Danse Russe.” 1:00:22 “Smell.” 1:04:45 Moves on to literary aspects of writing. Discusses the slogan, “Maximum information, minimum number of syllables.” 1:07:33 Reads “The Red Wheelbarrow” by Williams. Recommends Basil Bunting, who exemplifies condensation in poetry. 1:09:54 Basil Bunting’s line, “Rut thuds the rim” as an example. 1:11:18 Next slogans, “Syntax condensed, sound is solid” and “Intense fragments of spoken idiom, best.” 1:18:00 Reads “As he read…” by Reznikoff. 1:20:35 Pound’s three aspects of poetry: Melopoeia, phanopoeia, and logopoeia. 1:26:00 The slogans “Move with rhythm, roll with vowels” and “Savor vowels, appreciate consonants.” 1:30:18 Discusses and plays 1959 recording “Blues and Haikus,” in which Kerouac reads his haikus to the music of Zoot Sims and Al Cohn. 1:47:23 Kerouac’s awareness of the musicality of written/spoken verse. 1:52:08 Another slogan, “Mind is shapely, art is shapely.” More on Kerouac’s haikus. 1:57:05 Asks students to create/recite spontaneous haikus in front of the class. More on ordinary mind in the context of poetry. 2:00:25 Q & A and closing thoughts from Ginsberg involving his last slogan “Candor ends paranoia.” 2:04:23 Recording ends.
Type of Event	Class
Date Recorded	1988-06-30
File Format	.mp3
Performance Length	2:04:23
Rights Information	Copyright release given to Naropa University for the purposes of preservation, marketing and educational use. All other rights reserved to individual performers.
Department	Writing
Tape Order	3 of 4
Publisher	Allen Ginsberg Library and Naropa University Archives
Type	Sound
Language	eng
File Name	88P042.mp3

Photographic Poetics June 30, 1988

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