Kenneth Rexroth- 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'- Mr. Rexroth Reads His Famed 1953 Poem To Free Form Jazz Accompaniment In 1957




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Summary: This piece was written soon after the death of Dylan Thomas from alcoholism and is also known as 'A Memorial for Dylan Thomas’. The poem was composed in what Rexroth’s friend Henry Miller later described as ‘white heat’.