Reaction to Howl

The reading for today is the poem "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg,. This is a poem from a writer of the beatnik generation and as such it should be immediately stated this sort of poem exhibits a total neglect of form in its writing. This poem is actually one of my more favoured beat poems after I was able to ascertain its meaning and progress past the neglect of form in its writing. The poem is in its own way a sad salute to Ginsberg's friend at the psychiatric ward that he stayed in. The poem mentions periods of Ginsberg's life and he does use extremely lewd words and images that actually push me away but I feel that he does make a point in the end. It is just difficult to determine what that point in.