Lunch poems

O'Hara took a personal and casual approach to his poetry. In his manifesto, "Personism," he stated: "I don’t even like rhythm, assonance, all that stuff. You just go on your nerve. If someone’s chasing you down the street with a knife you just run, you don’t turn around and shout, 'Give it up! I was a track star for Mineola Prep'." However, his easy and conversational tone in Lunch Poems camouflaged an attention to formal detail, which was clearly present beneath th... >Voir plus