“Follow your inner moonlight, don’t hide the madness.”
Variant: Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.
Source: Howl and Other Poems
Quotes from book
Howl and Other Poems
Howl and Other Poems is a collection of poetry by Allen Ginsberg published November 1, 1956. It contains Ginsberg's most famous poem, "Howl", which is considered to be one of the principal works of the Beat Generation as well as "A Supermarket in California", "Transcription of Organ Music", "Sunflower Sutra", "America", "In the Baggage Room at Greyhound", and some of his earlier works. For printing the collection, the publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, another well-known poet, was arrested and charged with obscenity. On October 3, 1957, Judge Clayton W. Horn found Ferlinghetti not guilty of the obscenity charge, and 5,000 more copies of the text were printed to meet the public demand, which had risen in response to the publicity surrounding the trial. "Howl and Other Poems" contains two of the most well-known poems from the Beat Generation, "Howl" and "A Supermarket in California", which have been reprinted in other collections, including the Norton Anthology of American Literature.
“I touch your book and dream of our odyssey in the supermarket and feel absurd.”
Source: Howl and Other Poems
Source: Howl and Other Poems
“Holy the supernatural extra brilliant intelligent kindness of the soul!”
Source: Howl and Other Poems
Source: Howl and Other Poems
“Unholy battered old thing you were, my sunflower O my soul, I loved you then!”
Source: Howl and Other Poems
Source: Howl and Other Poems
