Analysis of poems
- Buddhism Without A Book
- Descartes And The Splendor Of
- Earlier
- From Joanne
- From 'Marian Lopez Calixto's Story,' (Visit To Maya Land, Fall 1976)
- From 'Places To Go'
- [he Is Pruning The Privet]
- Here In Oaxaca It's The Night Of The Radishes
- Influences In Poetry
- It's been a long time
Biography
Joanne Kyger is an American poet. Her poetry is influenced by her practice of Zen Buddhism and her ties to the poets of Black Mountain, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Beat generation.
Overview
Kyger studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara, before moving to San Francisco, in 1957, and becoming involved with the poetry scene around Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan.
In 1960 she joined Gary Snyder (whom she had met in San Francisco in 1958) in Japan. They were married on February 28, immediately after her arrival. She later travelled to India with Snyder, Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky, where she met with the Dalai Lama. She returned to the United States in 1964 and her first book, The Tapestry and the Web was published the next year.
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