_________________ P O E M S by allen ginsberg This Form of Life Needs Sex Rock Song On Neal's Ashes _________________ Poems and illustrations excerpted with permission from Illuminated Poems by Allen Ginsberg with illustrations by Eric Drooker (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996)

An Eastern Ballad I speak of love that comes to mind: The moon is faithful, although blind; She moves in thought she cannot speak. Perfect care has made her bleak. I never dreamed the sea so deep, The earth so dark; so long my sleep, I have become another child. I wake to see the world go wild. 1945-1949