At one point, the speaker of this poem addresses "Death which is the mother of the universe!"
The collection named for this poem contains a poem whose speaker sees the shadow of Vachel Lindsay shooting himself in the head, although in real life Lindsay committed suicide by drinking lye. That collection also contains a poem whose speaker finds a lion in his living room, which refuses to eat him but says "I will be back again." The collection named for this poem ends with three poems based on the poet's experiences drinking ayahuasca, and it contains a poem written "in Amsterdam in the Cosmos" entitled "Poem Rocket." At one point, the speaker of this poem addresses "Death which is the mother of the universe!" This poem's subject talks about the "3 big sticks" that were left in her back, and the speaker talks about her "eyes of abortion" and "eyes of stroke." For 10 points, name this poem about the death of the poet's mother Naomi by Allen Ginsberg, named after a Jewish prayer for the dead.
The collection named for this poem contains a poem whose speaker sees the shadow of Vachel Lindsay shooting himself in the head, although in real life Lindsay committed suicide by drinking lye.
"Kaddish"