Poems for Peace

Steeped in the reality of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War, Poems for Peace features a series of avant-garde, beat, and hippie poets on the themes of war, racial violence, and American modernity. Recorded in support of the New York Workshop in Nonviolence, the 1967 album kicks off with the stream-of-consciousness work of the legendary Allen Ginsberg. From there, listeners are treated to an array of poets, including Walter Lowenfels, Armand Schwerner, Ed Sanders, and Jackson Mac Low. For reference the liner notes include the text of most poems, which often exhibit experimental formatting.

Track Listing

101	Auto Poesy to Nebraska	Allen Ginsberg	09:08
102	June 20, 1961, Tangiers	Peter Orlovsky	01:53
103	Elegy, Poems from Oklahoma	Allen Katzman	03:04
104	Harold Dicker: The Mouth Is a Zoo, the Prize of War Is Always	Harold Dicker	03:26
105	Speech	Jackson Mac Low	04:57
106	The Black Plague (Excerpt)	David Antin	03:27
201	Peace Freak Poem	Ed Sanders	03:41
202	Is any Coherence Worth the Celebration? December Sixth and Seventh	Paul Blackburn	05:56
203	The Tablets (The Emptying)	Armand Schwerner	05:14
204	Life Has No Dimension	Art Berger	01:45
205	All Our Valises Are Packed	Walter Lowenfels	02:37
206	Heat Wave (A Discontinuous Poem)	Allen Plantz	03:04