Bob
Kaufman was a writer, artist and known best for his contributions in the Beat
movement. He is German-Jewish and African descent. Though known for being
active racial and classic regarding topics of isolation and myths, he was imprisoned
for breaking the law and took beatings, electric shock therapy and became drug
addict. These experiences inspired him more in his literary. The following are
the excerpts of his write-ups:
*Someone
whom I am is no one.
Something I have done is nothing.
Someplace I have been is nowhere.
I am not me.
-
Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness,
1965, p58
*I sit here writing not daring to stop, / for fear of seeing
what's outside my head"
- Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness, 1965, p60
*All those ships that never sailed
The ones with their seacocks open
That were scuttled in their stalls...
Today I bring them back
Huge and intransitory
And let them sail
Forever
- All Those Ships that
Never Sailed, 1973
