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Lessen the doldrums

James Broughton, James Broughton poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, Beat poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry by James Broughton
(1913 - 1999) Timeline

Original Language
English
Secular or Eclectic : Beat
20th Century

Lessen the doldrums
of fellow bipeds
Coax their spirits
to busk and bounce
Squeeze their chakras
Ungum their works
Use any trick you know
to redeem humanity
from impotent glum
Inject with joy
inseminate with light
the wombs of mankind

 

 

-- from Little Sermons of the Big Joy: Poems, by James Broughton

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Themes

  Bliss
  Light
  Smile
 
 


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All: A James Broughton Reader, by James Broughton
The Films of James Broughton: DVD, by James Broughton
Little Sermons of the Big Joy: Poems, by James Broughton
Packing Up for Paradise: Selected Poems 1946-1996, by James Broughton

 

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