![]() ![]() Few poets wielded the kind of power Allen possessed. But his words will never die, and the gentle thunder of his voice rings eternal. He was the hardest working poet on earth, always accessible to any young writer or poet, looking for guidance. When Allen and I were working together at Noise New York in 1987 on a song called 'Dear M,' I had told him that I'd wanted to compose music for his ode to Apollinaire, but we'd just never got around to it, as our respective schedules just never coincided. ![]() "I'd seen/heard him read it at St Marks Church more than once in the 1980's (including one time in particular, when Gregory Corso was heckling him from the crowd), but I had never heard this Library of Congress recording of him reading it until Michael Minzer sent it to me. "'At Apollinaire's Grave' has always been one of my favorite poems by Allen Ginsberg," writes about this track from his album Words & Music. KRAMER - "ALLEN GINSBERG - AT APOLLINAIRE'S GRAVE"
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