Lunch poems

Lunch Poems by Frank O’Hara                      Paperback Book:  82 pages                    

Frank O’Hara loved lunch and had a voracious appetite for life.    Sharing his thoughts on everything is like a bite into a crisp juicy apple, tasty, refreshing, savory and something you can sink your teeth into.    His words stand out 3-D on the pages and scream to be read aloud.   It must have been like a respite in a French salon of the 60s with artists, writers, beat poets all the self-expression of the unconventional crowd of non-conformists gathered and up walks Frank O’Hara to read aloud his works.    I would have loved to be in that audience.   Frank O’Hara has a most unique voice like sharing a delicious secret with a dear friend.   Reading his poetry allows you a voyeur’s view into his life, like peeking through blinds or through a rear window.    So pinpoint and precise in the moment almost like you are looking over his shoulder.    You will feel the sun on your skin and picture yourself sipping a mimosa and looking through sunglasses while reclining luxuriously on a beach chair in St. Tropez.   O’Hara was quite the globe trotter and described several of his lovers and trists along with a  myriad of other topics.    I confess I had to read many of his poems aloud they just lend themselves to that.    Excellent introduction to the writings of Frank O’Hara and I understand it was one of his favorite works as well.