Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Reading Frank O'Hara


Just wanted to try an idea from another blogger – I have turned to page 123, read first 5 lines, and am now quoting the next 3 lines of the poem, "Invincibility."

"and vouchsafing a plume and a volume of Plato,
purblind water, the earth pitting its stench against the moon's
and accomplishing a serenade, a terrestrial touchdown sigh"

my favorite Frank O site: Imagine– the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Library offers an incredible look at the era of The New York School of Painters and Poets.

2 comments:

Bev said...

Very interesting to see what you are reading. I have only vaguely heard of him, but it seems there was a whole school of New York poets.

gara said...

yes, bev, a whole school... and very interesting time period in American art, poetry, and literature.
I collect Frank O books, have some first ed.s and the limited ed. folio which contains loose pages in a box - each poem illustrated by a popular artist of The New York School movement. Thanks for commenting!