Do you like beat poetry?

Question

For those of you who don't know, beat poetry was a kind of free style way of writing poetry and novels during the 1950s. This kind of underground scene was known as the "Beat Movement" and became well known after the release of Jack Kerouac's novel, "On the Road". The beats were also kind of the precursors to the hippy movement and the radicalization of America during the 1960s. The beats were basically against mainstream society, and sought alternate lifestyles,and tried stuff which at the time were considered taboo, like recreational drug use, such as pot, speed, heroin, methamphetamines, etc. They often would listen to swing, Be Bop, Jazz, and Folk music. Some fameous beat poets would be Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Gary Snyder, etc. So my question is, do you like beat poetry? Peace!

Answer 1

Of course! I dabbled in storytelling-type poetry for at least 10 years, with total disregard to metre and rhyme. Big fan!

Answer 2

Yes. "A Coney Island of the Mind" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is interesting. Emusic.com has some beat poetry recordings by the actual artists, like Kerouac. Many of those recordings had jazz music and bongo drums playing with the poetry. It is a more dynamic view of their poetry than just reading it on a page.

Answer 3

Young hipster yes your correct,the movement was a huge influence on later poets and songwrtiers most notably BobDylan, The Velvet Underground ( Lou Reed ), Timothy Leary and the dark poetry of Jim Morrison..................... i think it was kool and hip ,coz it just let people hang loose and forget the cold war and McCarthyism which was torturing the youth of America.....................so in a way the beatniks helped define a new upcoming generation of hippy power,and acid freaks who opted to drop out of society and just enjoy peace for all mankind without the looming dark clouds of an ominous war (Vietnam )