Allen Ginsberg
“Kaddish and Other Poems 1958-1960”
Signed and dated 3/14/85 S.F. on inner title page
First Edition, 1961
The Pocket Poets Series, Number Fourteen
City Lights Books, San Francisco
Near fine condition, with light handling wear
Complete and in full
Letter of Authenticity
Allen Ginsberg
Most of Ginsberg’s very early poetry was written in formal rhyme and meter like that of his father, and of his idol William Blake. His admiration for the writing of Jack Kerouac inspired him to take poetry more seriously. In 1955, upon the advice of a psychiatrist, Ginsberg dropped out of the working world to devote his entire life to poetry. Soon after, he wrote Howl, the poem that brought him and his Beat Generation contemporaries to national attention and allowed him to live as a professional poet for the rest of his life.