false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg 139871 1 <div>Frank O'Hara was one of the great poets of the twentieth century and, along with such widely acclaimed writers as Denise Levertov, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, and Gary Snyder, a crucial contributor to what Donald Allen termed the New American Poetry, "which, by its vitality alone, became the dominant force in the American poetic tradition." This collection demonstrates beautifully the flawless rhythm underlying O'Hara's conviction that to write poetry, indeed to live, "you just go on your nerve."</div> 134835 1957 Meditations in an Emergency total:236|5:126|4:67|3:39|2:3|1:1| 236 1022 422 28 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 4 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 11:26:56 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 13:12:57 -0700 2008 To the Harbormaster, my ship was on the way, it got caught up in some moorings...'Call me, call when you get in!'...at best an over-solemn introduction to cosmic entertainment...long may you illumine space with your marvellous appearances, delays...

We, in secret play
affection...more...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 4 1 false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 08 20:45:39 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 19:46:23 -0700 2009 1
My favorite poems in the collection were "To...more...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 4 0 true Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 08:05:10 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 15:35:29 -0700 2008 this book-- and specifically the last stanza of the last poem, "mayakovsky," the one that begins "now I am waiting for/the catastrophe of my personality/to seem beautiful again/and interesting, and modern"-- is a plot point in the second-season premiere of MAD MEN, so i hav...more...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 4 0 false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 13:46:34 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 14:35:52 -0700 2009
However...the part read made it too good to pass up...

Now I am quietly waiting for
the catastrophe of my personality
to seem beautiful again,
and interesting, and modern.]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 3 0 false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 18:03:58 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 13:57:37 -0700 2009
Here's a line that speaks for itself: "I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love." That, by the way, is from the title po...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 2 0 false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 17:32:13 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 18:55:09 -0700 2009
Unfortunatly, I found this collection to be far too inaccessable and cryptic.

There are po...more...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 0 0 false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 18:16:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 17:11:40 -0700 2009
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 5 0 false Sun Jul 19 18:36:56 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 18:37:41 -0700 2009 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 5 0 false Wed Dec 03 19:33:39 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 19:09:49 -0800 2008 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 4 1 false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 13:50:58 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 13:50:58 -0800 2009 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 4 0 false Fri Nov 21 08:04:26 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 11:52:01 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 08:04:26 -0800 2008 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 3 0 false Wed Feb 18 22:38:11 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 13:42:43 -0800 2009 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 4 0 false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 04 19:34:02 -0700 2008 Sun May 10 16:30:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 10:13:05 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 10:20:20 -0700 2008
"Now I am not going to face things
because I am not a start
nor fall aslee...more...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 02:46:42 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 05:28:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 5 0 false Wed Feb 20 19:56:53 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 11:43:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 3 0 false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 09:38:29 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 13:12:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 5 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 12:05:24 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 11 22:35:30 -0800 2009 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 29 08:35:35 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 07 11:16:03 -0800 2009 139871 0802134521 9780802134523 236 28 4.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172113624m/139871.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139871.Meditations_in_an_Emergency 0 0 false Sun Aug 03 19:21:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 11:18:40 -0700 2008 So that's why I'm interested in this book.]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=139871