All about: youth

Reading: I am 25 by Gregory Corso
Beat poet Gregory Corso 1930-2001) was a young member of the Beat generation, 'urchin shelley' who always believed in the power of poetry to bring about change. Here is a funny verse about generational conflict between poets: I am 25 With a love a madness for Shelley Chatterton Rimbaud and the needy-yap of my youth ...
Reading: Beautiful Youth by Gottfried Benn
German poet Gottfried Benn (1886-1956) supported Hitler when he came to power, but changed his mind after the 'night of the long knives'. Still, he was naive enough to join the Wehrmacht, where some officers respected his disaproval of the regime. I don't care too much about the details, but it wasn't pretty. The nazis, ...