Selected Poems

Frank O'Hara

(Author) Frank O'Hara
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Frank O'Hara (1926-66) is among the most delightful and radical poets of the twentieth century. He is celebrated for his apparently unpremeditated poems, autobiographical and immediate ('any time, any place'). This is not the whole O'Hara: he may have scribbled poems on serviettes, but others he worked on with intense concentration, creating sequences that are inexhaustibly nuanced, full of surprise, heartbreak and laughter. There are analogies between his work and that of the painters he championed, Pollock, Kline and de Kooning among them. brilliantly captured the pace and rhythms, quandaries and exhilarations, of its mid-twentieth-century life.

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Publisher:
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
233
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781857547719
Publish year:
2005
Publish date:
Jan. 27, 2005

Frank O'Hara

Frank O'Hara was an American poet, art critic, and curator associated with the New York School of poets. Known for his witty and conversational style, O'Hara's poetry often celebrated the beauty of everyday life and urban experience. Some of his most notable works include "Lunch Poems" and "Meditations in an Emergency." O'Hara's contributions to literature include his experimental use of language and his blending of art and poetry. His work has had a significant impact on the genre of poetry, influencing generations of poets. One of his most famous poems is "The Day Lady Died," a poignant reflection on the death of Billie Holiday.

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