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For Allen Ginsberg
Kennedy, X.J. “For Allen Ginsberg” from The Lords of Misrule: Poems 1922-2001. © 2002 X.J. Kennedy. Reproduced with permission of The John Hopkins University Press.
Source: Poetry (June 1998).
Biography
Joseph Kennedy, better known to his readers by the pseudonym X. J. Kennedy, is a self-confessed "schizophrenic" as regards his writings. Kennedy noted to Contemporary Authors that "I write for three separate audiences: children, college students (who use textbooks), and that small band of people who still read poetry." But there is unity in all of Kennedy's writings—underlying it is a love of poetry and meter, a playfulness . . .
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Poetry & Poets, Death, Living, Arts & Sciences, Humor & Satire
Poetic Terms Elegy, Couplet, Rhymed Stanza
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