One day I'll compile a list of Omaha mentions in song, film and other. My place of birth. Prompted today by hearing a snippet of Ginsberg on Cerys Matthews' BBC Radio 6 programme, so here's an exerpt on the banjo and Nebraska:
...as the western Twang prophesied
thru banjo, when lone cowboy walked the railroad track
past an empty station toward the sun
sinking giant-bulbed orange down the box canyon -
Music strung over his back
and empty handed singing on this planet earth
I'm a lonely Dog, O Mother!
Come, Nebraska, sing & dance with me -
Come lovers of Lincoln and Omaha,
hear my soft voice at last
- Allen Ginsberg, from Wichita Vortex Surta
I recently bought some Ginsberg but haven't had time to read it. Didn't know you were born in Omaha.
ReplyDeleteI should read more of his poetry and this one was new to me and it shouldn't have been! His 'Deliberate Prose' presents a wise, incisive mind wholly relevant to today.
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