PoetryPreviews

The poetry known as New York School continues to exert a widespread influence on contemporary American writers. From its beginning, New York School poetry focused on the chaos, intensity, and disjunctiveness of daily life, particularly as it was and still is lived in New York City, where at any given moment there’s too much going on to absorb. Read more »

Genre(s): African-American, Beats

Period: 1960s to the present

Lines: (from “Western Front”)

My intentions are colors. I’m filled with
color, every tint you think of lends to mine
my mind is full of color, hard muscle streaks,
or soft glow round exactness registration. All earth
heaven things, hell things, in colors circulate
a wild blood train, turn litmus like a bible coat, … Read more »