Who Be Kind To

 

 

 

 

Be kind to your self, it is only one

and perishable

of many on the planet,

 

 

 

Be kind to this place, which is your present

habitaton, with derrick and radar tower

and flower in the ancient brook -

 

 

 

Be kind to the Monk in the 5 Spot who plays

lone chord-bangs on his vast piano

 

 

 

That a new kind of man has come to his bliss

to end the cold war he has borne

against his own kind flesh

since the days of the snake.

 

 

 

 

                                                                            June 8, 1965

 

 

 

 

c Copyright Allen Ginsberg

Reproduced with the kind permission of The Wylie Agency

Originally published in Planet News 1961-1963 and later Selected Poems 1947-1995  ( P.150 for the complete poem)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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6   First Picture

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10   Sullivan views the Earth

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12   Shuttleshot

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27    San Francisco

28  Ozone hole

29  Aurora Borealis

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34    Greenland Coast

35   Earth lights

36   Sun

37  Gerhard Thiele views the Earth

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39   Global vegetation

40   Global Sea

41  Global Sea Temperature

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43  Bering sea ice

43   Florida land cover change

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45   Great Barrier Reef

46  Everest HDTV

47  Light pollution London UK

48  Pancake ice

49  Global fires

50  Antarctic tents

51   Satellite image of the Earth

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53   Hurricane

54   Neptune

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57   Jupiter

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59   Panoramic photo of the surface of Mars

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Credits: All images Nasa

 

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