Overtime: Selected Poems (Penguin Poets)

by Philip Whalen
Overtime: Selected Poems (Penguin Poets)  
published 1999 by Penguin (Non-Classics)
binding Paperback
isbn 014058918X   (isbn13: 9780140589184)
pages 304
description Like his college roommate Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen took both poetry and Zen seriously. He became friends with Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Mich...more
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06-09-07



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Whalen's poems balance religion, philosophy and cranky Zen insight with a casual, conversational Americanese in a way few of his more famous contemporaries could touch. He draws from a deep past that embraces everything from ancient Chinese verse to European classical music, but makes all the erudition parade down the street in T-shirt and jeans. His particular brand of Buddhism, so generous to human failings (starting always, comically, with his own) and never, ever doctrinaire, has to be one o...more
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perfect for when the baby has sucked your mind dry. Will bring you back to life, peace, and then even inspiration, if given a chance. So the cover photo of his later life as a monk is very suitable.
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A latecomer to Whalen, pretty stupid of me. He is something else.
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