
Kenneth Patchen. Poems of Humor & Protest. Pocket Poets Series, 1954.
An early Pocket Poets edition by Kenneth Patchen, whose fearless blend of political conviction, lyric tenderness, and surreal humor helped redefine mid-century American poetry. Accessible yet uncompromising, Patchen's work bridges the Beat movement and earlier modernist traditions with uncommon emotional force.
Condition: Very good.