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Rilke (1875-1926) wrote poetry that explores solitude as a path to self-knowledge, love as transformation, death as part of life's wholeness, and art as a form of spiritual practice. His work combines philosophical depth with sensuous imagery, mystical vision with precise observation, creating verse that speaks to the deepest questions of human existence with extraordinary grace and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection includes Rilke's essential poems from across his career: early lyrical works; excerpts from \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e (mystical prayers to God); \u003cem\u003eNew Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (\"thing-poems\" that contemplate objects, animals, and artworks with meditative attention); the \u003cem\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e (his masterpiece exploring angels, mortality, and human consciousness); and \u003cem\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/em\u003e (celebrating transformation, music, and the unity of life and death). 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Neruda (1904-1973) succeeded in becoming what he called a \"public voice,\" writing poetry that embraced all of life with equal intensity: erotic love and political struggle, ordinary objects and epic landscapes, personal intimacy and historical consciousness. His work embodies what he called \"impure poetry\"—verse that includes everything, from the sublime to the mundane, from declarations of love to political beliefs, from prophesies to taxes. 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Published in 1958 by City Lights Books with an introduction by Allen Ginsberg, \u003cem\u003eGasoline\u003c\/em\u003e announced the arrival of a major poet whose work combined the spontaneity and jazz rhythms of the Beats with a lyric gift and visionary imagination all his own. These poems crackle with energy, humor, tenderness, and rage—written in a voice that is utterly original, moving effortlessly from surrealist imagery to street slang, from cosmic vision to intimate confession, from comedy to heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt first encounter, Corso's poems may seem wild and unruly—their lines leaping from image to image with dizzying speed, their tone shifting from playful to prophetic in a single breath. But Corso is not writing chaos; he is writing freedom, the freedom of a poet who learned his craft not in universities but in the streets and in prison, reading the great poets on his own and discovering that poetry could be a way to transform pain into song. The poems ask: What does it mean to be an orphan, to grow up without family or home, to find your family among poets and outcasts? How can poetry capture the speed and intensity of lived experience without losing its music? What is the relationship between suffering and beauty, between survival and transcendence? Corso offers no easy answers, but he shows us a path: to write with absolute honesty, to trust the spontaneous image, to let the poem go where it needs to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers seeking contemplative wisdom in unexpected places, \u003cem\u003eGasoline\u003c\/em\u003e offers poetry that is both raw and luminous, street-smart and visionary. This collection includes some of Corso's most famous poems—\"Marriage,\" a hilarious and tender meditation on domesticity and freedom; \"Bomb,\" a controversial shaped poem about nuclear destruction; \"Ode to Coit Tower,\" celebrating San Francisco's bohemian spirit; and many others that capture the energy of 1950s New York and San Francisco. This is poetry that refuses to be tamed, that insists on the possibility of beauty even in the harshest circumstances, that transforms the language of the streets into something sacred. It's a reminder that the greatest poetry often comes from those who have nothing to lose, and that the contemplative path can be found not only in silence but in the wild, spontaneous song of lived experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGregory Corso's electrifying debut and essential Beat poetry collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by City Lights Books in 1958 with introduction by Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamous poems including \"Marriage,\" \"Bomb,\" and \"Ode to Coit Tower\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaw, spontaneous verse combining street language with visionary imagery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoetry written by a self-taught poet who learned his craft in prison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJazz rhythms, surrealist leaps, and fierce honesty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe voice of a street kid turned major American poet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGregory Corso (1930-2001) was an American poet and key figure of the Beat Generation. Born in New York City and abandoned by his mother as an infant, Corso spent much of his childhood in foster homes and on the streets. At seventeen, he was imprisoned for theft, and it was in Clinton State Prison that he discovered poetry, reading Shelley, Keats, and other great poets and beginning to write. After his release, he met Allen Ginsberg in a Greenwich Village bar, and Ginsberg recognized his extraordinary talent. \u003cem\u003eGasoline\u003c\/em\u003e (1958) established Corso as a major voice, and he went on to publish many collections. Unlike some of his Beat contemporaries, Corso never attended university—he was a true autodidact whose poetry combined street wisdom with deep literary knowledge, creating a voice that was both raw and refined, comic and tragic, utterly his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Readers seeking raw, authentic poetry from lived experience, students of Beat Generation literature, those drawn to self-taught visionary poets, admirers of spontaneous composition and jazz-influenced verse, anyone interested in poetry that transforms suffering into beauty, seekers exploring the sacred in street language and everyday life, students of 1950s New York and San Francisco bohemia, readers who love poetry that is both funny and heartbreaking, those interested in prison literature and redemption through art, admirers of poets who write with absolute honesty and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCity Lights Books paperback edition. Corso's electrifying debut—offering raw, visionary poetry from the streets that transforms pain into song and proves that the greatest art often comes from those who have nothing to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregory Corso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46595726835843,"sku":"BS-3QC-531135","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/1583\/7571\/files\/gasoline_corso_book_cover.jpg?v=1772288791"},{"product_id":"the-fall-of-america-poems-of-these-states-1965-1971","title":"The Fall of America: Poems of These States 1965-1971","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to bear witness to a nation in crisis—to chronicle the beauty and brutality of America during its most turbulent years? Allen Ginsberg's \u003cem\u003eThe Fall of America: Poems of These States 1965-1971\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the essential documents of the Vietnam War era, a National Book Award-winning collection that captures the flux of consciousness during what Ginsberg called the \"Automated Electronic War years.\" Composed on cross-country journeys, tape-recorded in cars and buses, scribed by hand in motels and airports, these poems are raw, immediate, prophetic—a real-time chronicle of America's descent into violence and the poet's struggle to transform rage and grief into vision. This is Ginsberg at his most ambitious and uncompromising, following \u003cem\u003ePlanet News\u003c\/em\u003e with a book that refuses to look away from the horror while never losing sight of the sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt first glance, these poems might seem chaotic, their language fragmented and their imagery hallucinatory. But Ginsberg is not writing conventional verse; he is creating what he called \"auto poesy\"—spontaneous composition that captures the mind in motion, the flux of perception as America speeds past the window. The poems ask: How do we live in a country waging an unjust war? How do we mourn our dead—Neal Cassady, Che Guevara, the countless Vietnamese civilians? What does it mean to love America while condemning its actions? And how can poetry become a form of resistance, a way of saying \"no\" to empire and \"yes\" to the human? Ginsberg offers no easy consolations, but he shows us a path: to stay awake, to keep moving, to bear witness with unflinching honesty and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers seeking contemplative wisdom in the Beat tradition, \u003cem\u003eThe Fall of America\u003c\/em\u003e offers a profound meditation on consciousness, politics, and the poet's responsibility to speak truth. This collection includes landmark poems like \"Beginning of a Poem of These States,\" \"Elegy for Neal Cassady,\" \"On Neal's Ashes,\" \"Please Master,\" \"Hum Bom!\" and \"September on Jessore Road.\" Many were composed on an Uher tape recorder purchased with Bob Dylan's help, capturing Ginsberg's voice in real time as he crossed the American landscape. This is a book for anyone who loves poetry that engages with history, who seeks to understand the 1960s at their most raw and visionary, who believes that poetry can be a form of political and spiritual action. 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Ginsberg's National Book Award-winning chronicle of America 1965-1971—offering raw, prophetic poems that bear witness to war, loss, and the struggle for consciousness during the nation's most turbulent years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen Ginsberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46595742793859,"sku":"BS-3QC-860636","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/1583\/7571\/files\/the_fall_of_america_poems_of_these_states_allen_ginsberg_book_cover.jpg?v=1772288753"},{"product_id":"mexico-city-blues-242-choruses","title":"Mexico City Blues: 242 Choruses","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to write poetry like jazz—to let the mind blow freely across the page, following the spontaneous rhythms of consciousness itself? Jack Kerouac's \u003cem\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most formally inventive works of the Beat Generation, a collection of 242 \"choruses\" composed in Mexico City between 1954 and 1957 that fuse Buddhist meditation, bebop improvisation, and stream-of-consciousness lyricism into something entirely new. This is Kerouac's most important verse work—a book that incorporates his theory of spontaneous composition and deepening engagement with Buddhism, moving from memory to fantasy to dream to prayer, from tributes to Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday to meditations on emptiness and compassion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKerouac is not writing conventional verse; he is practicing what he called \"spontaneous bop prosody\"—a method inspired by jazz improvisation where the poet follows the mind's natural movement without revision. The poems ask: How do we capture the living moment in language? How can poetry become a spiritual practice? Kerouac shows us a path: to trust the spontaneous mind, to embrace imperfection, to find beauty in the raw and unfinished, to turn life itself into music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers seeking contemplative wisdom in the Beat tradition, \u003cem\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/em\u003e offers a profound meditation on spontaneity, Buddhism, and the intersection of poetry and jazz. The choruses reference fellow Beats William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Bill Garver, while exploring Buddhist concepts of emptiness and compassion. 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This is poetry of mindful attention, physical work, and the wild—a book that changed American poetry and remains essential for anyone seeking contemplative wisdom in the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSnyder is not writing from the study but from the trail, the monastery, the mountain lookout. His poems ask: What does it mean to work with your hands and pay attention? How do we live in right relationship with the earth? What is the connection between Zen practice and wilderness experience? The \u003cem\u003eRiprap\u003c\/em\u003e poems capture the precise placement of stones on a mountain trail, the rhythm of physical labor, the clarity that comes from solitude and silence. The \u003cem\u003eCold Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e translations bring Han Shan's eccentric hermit wisdom to life—poems about living simply, laughing at convention, finding freedom in the mountains. 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Jack Kerouac's \u003cem\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most intimate and jazz-inflected works of Beat literature, a novella written in three days and three nights in the same ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced \u003cem\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/em\u003e. Centering on the tempestuous romance and breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox—two denizens of the San Francisco underground—this is a tale of passion, jealousy, insecurity, and the search for authentic love amid the bohemian scene. Loosely based on Kerouac's own interracial relationship and peopled with analogues of real-life friends including William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, and Neal Cassady, \u003cem\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid, breathless masterwork that captures the vulnerability, intensity, and self-sabotage of love in the Beat world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKerouac is not writing conventional romance but spontaneous confession, using his signature stream-of-consciousness prose to capture the raw emotions of desire, doubt, and loss. The novella asks: How do we love authentically when we're haunted by insecurity and fear? What does it mean to seek connection in a world of artists, outsiders, and wanderers? How do we face our own capacity for self-destruction? Kerouac shows us love without sentimentality—honest, painful, and deeply human, set against the backdrop of jazz clubs, poetry readings, and the vibrant underground culture of 1950s San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers seeking contemplative wisdom in Beat literature, \u003cem\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/em\u003e offers a meditation on love, vulnerability, and the search for authentic connection. This is a book for anyone drawn to Beat Generation literature and bohemian culture, who seeks honest portrayals of love and relationships, who loves jazz-influenced prose and spontaneous composition. It's a reminder that the Beat quest was not just for spiritual enlightenment but for genuine human connection, and that the greatest honesty often comes from our most painful failures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntimate Beat novella written in three days and nights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTempestuous love story set in 1950s San Francisco underground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJazz-inflected spontaneous prose capturing raw emotion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures analogues of Burroughs, Corso, Ginsberg, and Cassady\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHonest exploration of love, jealousy, and self-sabotage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJack Kerouac (1922-1969) was a pioneering American novelist and poet, best known for \u003cem\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/em\u003e and as a central figure of the Beat Generation. \u003cem\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/em\u003e, written in 1953 and published in 1958, represents Kerouac's most intimate and emotionally vulnerable work, applying his spontaneous prose method to the complexities of love and relationship in the bohemian underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Readers seeking Beat Generation literature and bohemian culture, students of Jack Kerouac and spontaneous prose, those drawn to honest portrayals of love and relationships, anyone interested in 1950s San Francisco underground scene, admirers of jazz-influenced and experimental prose, seekers exploring vulnerability and authentic connection, students of Beat literature and counterculture, those interested in interracial relationships in 1950s America, readers who love Ginsberg, Burroughs, Cassady, and the Beats, anyone seeking literature that explores love without sentimentality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrove Press paperback edition. Kerouac's intimate Beat masterwork—offering a breathless, jazz-inflected love story set in the San Francisco underground with raw honesty about passion, vulnerability, and the search for authentic connection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600542027907,"sku":"BS-3QC-160287","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/1583\/7571\/files\/the_subterraneans_jack_kerouac_book_cover.jpg?v=1772288467"},{"product_id":"long-live-man","title":"Long Live Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to celebrate being human—to shout \"Long live Man!\" despite atom bombs and cold wars, despite too many cars and too little love? Gregory Corso's \u003cem\u003eLong Live Man\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most joyful and life-affirming works of Beat poetry, a 1962 collection that celebrates the wonders, laughs, and griefs of being alive with visionary intensity and street-smart wisdom. Whether musing on antic glories amid the ruins of the Acropolis or watching a New York child invent games on city sidewalks, Corso transmutes reality into something more through the magic of vision and awakening images. This is poetry that refuses despair, that finds beauty and meaning in the human condition even amid the absurdities and terrors of modern life. With characteristic blend of surrealism, humor, and mystical seeking, Corso invites us to share his joy and echo his defiant shout: \u003cem\u003eLong live Man!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCorso is not writing from detachment but from deep engagement with life in all its contradictions. The poems ask: How do we affirm humanity in an age of nuclear threat and spiritual emptiness? Where do we find wonder and meaning in the modern world? What does it mean to be fully alive, fully human, despite everything? Corso shows us that poetry can be an act of celebration and resistance, that vision can transform the ordinary into the sacred, and that the human spirit endures even in the darkest times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor readers seeking contemplative wisdom in Beat poetry, \u003cem\u003eLong Live Man\u003c\/em\u003e offers a meditation on humanity, wonder, and the courage to affirm life. This is a book for anyone drawn to visionary and surrealist poetry, who seeks Beat literature that celebrates rather than laments, who loves the intersection of street wisdom and mystical vision. It's a reminder that the greatest poetry says \"yes\" to existence, and that being human—with all its laughs and griefs—is worth celebrating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGregory Corso's 1962 celebration of humanity and existence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisionary poetry blending surrealism, humor, and mystical seeking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoems ranging from the Acropolis to New York City sidewalks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeat poetry that affirms life despite modern absurdities and terrors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStreet-smart wisdom and awakening images that transmute reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGregory Corso (1930-2001) was a central figure of the Beat Generation, known for his visionary imagination, street-bred authenticity, and unique blend of surrealism and mysticism. 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Gregory Corso's joyful Beat masterwork—offering visionary poetry that celebrates the wonders, laughs, and griefs of being human with defiant affirmation and mystical vision.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregory Corso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600544190595,"sku":"BS-3QC-200257","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/1583\/7571\/files\/long_live_man_gregory_corso_book_cover.jpg?v=1772288444"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.merceliarose.com\/collections\/modernist-contemporary-poetry-collection.oembed?page=2","provider":"Mercelia Rose","version":"1.0","type":"link"}