Articles, Essays and Poems by Susan
Old Fashion Poetry
Poem
When a student asks What should I write? I suggest There are no rules Just let it rip Like the Beatniks did Remember them? Not the Beatles, but the Beatniks.
Oh how my mother hated Beatniks She emphasized both syllables beat' • nik' Spit the words out like Spoiled chicken from the trash Beatniks write junk They call this garbage poemsi They smoke reefer Drink coffee In dark dingy dens Subversive Bohemians, Socialists who Don’t go to church Wash their hands, brush their teeth It’s frightening, she said. Beatniks write Anarchy lines that don’t even rhyme. We should pass a law against Beatniks A decree banning poets except Elizabeth and Robert Browning Arrest Ginsberg Ban Kerouac Squelch this rebellion and Rule in convention Before poetry becomes Unstoppable.
© Susan Reuling Furness 03/11/03 R-9/15/05
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