Elegy for Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg
Burning shadow
Of Blakean angel
Footprint on
Whitman's grass
Beat of
Kerouac's unchangeable heart
Of Heaven
Allen Ginsberg
Creaking
To Eternity
In William's red wagon

Your voice
Red wind of the moon
Your pen
Candle revealing
The bottom of the sea

Allen Ginsberg
The only author
I happily saw
At the LA Times Book Awards
With holes in his shoes

Oh! Allen
Howl for us
With your ghostly tongue

(C) Philomene Long