howl howl how long do we pay tribute

when ginsberg was reading howl my mother was having me

GINSBERGIANS STREAM ON BY ANNETTA DEXTER SAWYER 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 46

when ginsberg was reading howl my mother was having me both birthing in the

crust of our earth carved out bay area on the cusp of tectonic plate where

subterranean humanists surfaced like giants from the earth’s space in the form of

a collective conscience like a quake a beat generation surged in a pacifying wave

of spiritual soaking and this seeped deep deep into our soul the soul of our nation

howl howl how long do we pay tribute here is our ode

later many years later i stood next to my red retro samsonite luggage

set upon my american dream and so we howl still we howl suckled by our past

our poetry our politics i finally get to see a rockin chantin lap guitar playin allen

ginsberg still bearded but more bald more weight on his bones reminded me of a

chantin cantor i had never seen

rhythm of rabbi sound and still he howled

after the performance i found some of thi…