Lunch Poems

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Lunch Poems is a celebrated 1964 poetry collection by Frank O’Hara, known for its witty, conversational style and vivid depictions of mid-20th-century New York City life.

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Lunch Poems canonical 4

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instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
associatedWith Beat-era small press publishing ⓘ
City Lights Pocket Poets Series ⓘ
author Frank O’Hara ⓘ
containsPoem A Step Away from Them ⓘ
Ave Maria ⓘ
Personal Poem ⓘ
Poem (Lana Turner has collapsed!) ⓘ
The Day Lady Died ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublisherLocation San Francisco ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasAudience readers of modern poetry ⓘ
hasFormat paperback edition ⓘ
hasReputation classic of 20th-century American poetry ⓘ
landmark work of the New York School of poetry ⓘ
hasTheme ephemerality of everyday moments ⓘ
influenced contemporary American poets ⓘ
urban lyric poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement New York School ⓘ
notableFor influence on later American poetry ⓘ
use of everyday urban experience as poetic material ⓘ
vivid depictions of mid-20th-century New York City life ⓘ
notableWork Lunch Poems ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
periodOfWriting 1950s ⓘ
early 1960s ⓘ
publicationYear 1964 ⓘ
publisher City Lights Books ⓘ
publisherType independent press ⓘ
series City Lights Pocket Poets Series ⓘ
seriesNumber 19 ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
style colloquial ⓘ
conversational ⓘ
witty ⓘ
subjectMatter daily routines ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
timeOfDayReferenced lunchtime ⓘ
tone improvisational ⓘ
intimate ⓘ
playful ⓘ
writtenBy Frank O’Hara ⓘ

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