Peyote Poem (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael McClure
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Meditation
- Genres: Poetry, Meditation
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Spiritual life or spirituality, Native Americans or American Indians, Drugs, Hallucinations or illusions, Hallucinogens, Self-revelations
The Poem
Peyote Poem is a long serial poem of 242 lines divided into three major parts. The three numbered parts are further divided into stanzas or sections. Part 1 consists of seven sections of various lengths, part 2 is divided into two sections, and part 3 into seven. None of the sections or stanzas are numbered but are separated from each other by long, horizontal lines. The poem is written in the first person. The occasion of the poem is a record of Michael McClure’s first experimentation with the hallucinatory drug peyote, a form of mescaline used by some North...
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