(The question is about a poem, so please don't move this to MN-P)

During "You Got Me" by the Roots, Black Thought raps that he's "seen people caught in love like whirlwinds."

I seem to recall a beat writer having a famous work that featured a similar construct. I don't recall whether it was by Ginsberg, but I recall hearing and reading it around his death in the 1990s.

Is this ringing any bells with the literary nuts here? Was Ginsberg the author of such a piece? What is the title?

Thanks so much.
[Edited 11/18/07 21:08pm]

"Bueller?"

That's Dante. Paolo and Francesca.

Great reference, but not what I meant.

Thanks, though.

ThreadBare said:

I searched Howl, but butkis.

ThreadBare said:

i bet that is so 9sie at the front of his lecture room...
meanwhile all the students are sleeping or making spitballs to launch at his head

emm said:

We shan't take potshots at 9s on this thread... He's actually trying to help me.

2the9s said:

Yeah, I'm going to have to do so more research. It's not for a class or anything. I heard the song tonight and was reminded of that nagging question.

If I can't remember something -- like whether I've visited a specific place two times or three times? -- it'll drive me batty.

ThreadBare said:

You mean "batty-er"?

2the9s said:

Easy, bub. I just stuck up for you.

ThreadBare said:

shan't we? it was the only way i could participate in your thread


you said it was three times

emm said:

It was three times. I bet that camp is something in the summer, with all the heat and humidity.

you are wonderful
i'm sorry i know nothing about the poetry in question

emm said:

It's OK. In a maple-leaf sense, It's much Ado Abóte Nothing...

I, too, have thought that when listening to the track, but I've never tried to look it up. It's definitely familiar. I'll be interested to see where exactly it's from if indeed you can find out.


Ok, so I didn't help at all. Sorry!

Fauxie said:

Fauxie, thanks for chiming in, though. I wondered if I was remembering it wrong.

emm said:

[Edited 11/19/07 5:12am]