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- Title
Thom Gunn's American Dispersals.
- Authors
Quinn, Justin
- Abstract
The article discusses the poems of poet Thom Gunn from the 1960s and 1970s. It notes that experiences that were brought about by drugs were essential characteristics of his poetry. It mentions that much of his poems from the 1960s and 1970s end with a short note such as LSD and Folsom Street. Some of the poems that were mentioned include "The Colour Machine," "Street Song," and "The Fair in the Woods."
- Subjects
GUNN, Thom, 1929-2004; MALE poets; POETRY (Literary form); LSD (Drug); DRUGS; POETS; NINETEEN sixties; NINETEEN seventies
- Publication
English: The Journal of the English Association, 2003, Vol 52, Issue 204, p221
- ISSN
0013-8215
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1093/english/52.204.221