Plutonian Ode
Poem
"Plutonian Ode" is a poem written by American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 1978 against the arms race and nuclear armament of the superpowers. It is heavily inspired by Gnosticism which Ginsberg came to know after reading Hans Jonas's book on the subject.
Philip Glass' Symphony No. 6 is based on and includes parts of this poem.[1]
It was first published in The CoEvolution Quarterly / Journal for the Protection of All Beings co-issue, Fall 1978.
References
- ^ Allan Kozinn (February 6, 2002). "MUSIC REVIEW; Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday". The New York Times.
External links
- Plutonian Ode
- "Plutonian Ode" read by author
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Allen Ginsberg
collections
- Howl and Other Poems (1956)
- Kaddish and Other Poems (1961)
- Reality Sandwiches (1963)
- Planet News (1968)
- The Fall of America: Poems of These States (1973)
- Mind Breaths (1978)
- White Shroud Poems: 1980–1985 (1986)
- "Pull My Daisy" (late 1940s)
- "A Supermarket in California" (1956)
- "America" (1956)
- "Howl" (1956)
- "Ignu" (1958)
- "Kaddish" (1961)
- "Wichita Vortex Sutra" (1966)
- "September on Jessore Road" (1971)
- Iron Horse (1973)
- "Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox" (1975)
- "Plutonian Ode" (1978)
- The Yage Letters (1963, letters)
- Songs of Innocence and Experience (1970 album)
- Deliberate Prose 1952–1995 (2000, essays)
- Pull My Daisy (1959)
- Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (1993)
- The Source (1999)
- Beat (2000)
- Allen Ginsberg Live in London (2005)
- Corso: The Last Beat (2007)
- I'm Not There (2007)
- Chicago 10 (2009)
- The Chicago 8 (2010)
- Howl (2010)
- Kill Your Darlings (2013)
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