A new collection of Allen Ginsberg’s work, “Wait Till I’m Dead” Uncollected Poems, has recently been published. Not surprisingly, it’s wonderful. The first poem in the book is titled “Rep Gordon Canfield (Mine Own Dear Congressman).” It was written in 1942 and published in Columbia Jester in 1943. It reads:
“Canfield votes like a
Typical politician,
Guided strictly by
November Intuition.
For Canfield is
But half a man–
The other half
Republican”
Almost 80 years later only the names of typical politicians have changed.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
THANK YOU, LAO DICKA…
It seems we have been on a very rough and tumble road – hopefully soon changed.
I have recently spent hours with 97-year-old William Leuchtenburg – the FDR world authority – and the husband of a very dear friend. His perspective is most enlightening. Never in the history of this country has there been anything like the state we are in – both nationally and internationally!
Your posts are welcomed, every time!
Jo