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This classic anthology by Jim Carroll is a collection of his songs and musings of the blessed but blighted alleys of the New York inner city. Dark but magnificent, this book is as alive and bustling like the life of the catholic boy.
Organic Trains: Poems by Jim Carroll. By Jim Carroll. Penny Press, 1967. To Linda Cambi. To you I offer my hull and the tattered. cordage of my will. --Frank O'Hara. CONTENTS. THE ILL COUPLES. 3 SEAS. POEM. THE ANARCHISTS. THE CRUCIBLE OF DREAMS. POEM OF ARRIVALS. 11 TRAINS. 1st TRAIN (for D.C.) 2nd TRAIN (for Frank O'Hara)
At fifteen Carroll started writing poetry, and at sixteen published his first book of poems, Organic Trains (1967); he went on to publish five more books of poetry, including Living At The Movies (1973), Book of Nods (1986), and Fear of Dreaming (1993).
Organic Trains is Carroll's first book, published when he was 16, while he was still in high school (at Trinity). The book is 17 pages long and contains 16 poems. It includes the poems "The Ill Couples," "3 Seas," "Poem," "The Anarchists," "The Crucible of Dreams," "Poem of Arrivals," "On the Way," and 11 trains (eleven poems titled "1st Train ...
While still in high school, Carroll published his first collection of poems, Organic Trains. Already attracting the attention of the local literati, his work began appearing in the Poetry Project's magazine The World in 1967.
While still in high school, Carroll published his first collection of poems, Organic Trains. Already attracting the attention of the local literati, his work began appearing in the Poetry Project's magazine The World in 1967.
1 de ago. de 2019 · His first collection of poetry, Organic Trains, was published when he was 16. At the same time, excerpts from what would later be The Basketball Diaries were published in the Paris Review, establishing him as literary talent and praised by the likes of Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs.
