Longest poem ever?

[cirerita]

Perhaps "we ain't got no money, honey, but we got rain"? Or maybe "Rimbaud Be Damned"?

 

[mjp]

It's got to be "Rimbaud Be Damned." These two are longer than "We Ain't Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain," but not nearly as long as "Rimbaud":

EVEN CHATTERTON TOOK RAT POISON AND LEFT US AT PEACE
the pelicans

 

[roni]

I haven't checked now, but seem to remember that 'ww2' and 'fire-station' are long as well.
Don't know 'Rimbaud' though.

 

[mjp]

Don't know 'Rimbaud' though.

It's in The People Look Like Flowers at Last. The original title is also one of his longest: "Rimbaud Be Damned: I Have Withstood 99,000 Seasons In Hell And I Still Look Down Into This Glass Wondering, Wondering"

 

[Hosh]

That's not a long title...

 

[roni]

don't own the posthumous ones in physical form, but had a look at the e-version and, yes, this may easily be his largest poem.