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Repeated mentions of eggs in poems by Allen Ginsberg
I've been listening to Allen Ginsberg reading his own poetry, and I've noticed a repeated mention of eggs in them. For examples:
who plunged themselves under meat trucks looking for an egg
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Are birds a theme of Enrique Villasis's poetry, and why?
Enrique Villasis is a Filipino poet, and every poem of his that I've found is something to do with birds:
Birds in Flight, 1965
Birds of Paradise, 1965
Birdman, 1973, and White Bird Dark Shadow, 1962
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The motif of Tom O' Bedlam
The 17th-century motif of Tom O' Bedlam has always been one that I hold much affection and wonder for (as can be assumed by the choice of username on my part.)
The motif most famously makes an ...
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