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You are not in wonderland. Is this a Ginsberg poem?


Or was it just written for the film?

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There’s an adage about poetry by Marvin Bell, "A good poem listens to itself." When I came across the line “You are not in wonderland” in one of Allen’s first pieces, I remembered we’d used the line “Allen in wonderland” earlier — credited to Lucien Carr — and suddenly an idea lodged in me: What if the poem Allen read echoed the world Lucien had introduced him to and refracted it?


From this article http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/toughest-scene-i-wrote-kill-your-darlin gs.html

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Thanks for the link :) I was originally disappointed that it wasn't one of his poems, but after reading the explanation I appreciate what they did. I wonder what Allen would have made of it? I'm certainly intrigued to read his journals now.

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What was the song played when he read the poem?

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