{"id":9622,"date":"2025-05-25T19:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T02:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/?page_id=9622"},"modified":"2025-05-25T19:26:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T02:26:53","slug":"frank-ohara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/friends-influences\/important-people-in-carrolls-life-and-work\/artistic-influences-mentors-supporters\/frank-ohara\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank O&#8217;Hara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Frank O&#8217;Hara is Carroll&#8217;s number one literary influence and favorite poet, although they never met. References to O&#8217;Hara in Carroll&#8217;s work include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><i>Organic Trains<\/i>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Includes lines from O&#8217;Hara in its dedication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;2nd Train&#8221; is dedicated to O&#8217;Hara.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><i>Catholic Boy<\/i>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Nothing Is True&#8221; alludes to O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s lines in &#8220;starts out like a kiss,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and ends like a curse.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><i>The Book of Nods<\/i>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;Poem <i>for Frank O&#8217;Hara<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><i>Void of Course<\/i> &amp; <i>Pools of Mercury<\/i>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain&#8221; alludes to O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s lines in &#8220;starts out as a kiss \/ And follows like a curse.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><p>On the movie <i>Poetry in Motion 2<\/i>, Carroll talks about O&#8217;Hara:<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_19403\"  width=\"1088\" height=\"816\"  data-origwidth=\"1088\" data-origheight=\"816\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qyway4e8TLs?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank O&#8217;Hara is Carroll&#8217;s number one literary influence and favorite poet, although they never met. References to O&#8217;Hara in Carroll&#8217;s work include: On the movie Poetry in Motion 2, Carroll talks about O&#8217;Hara: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/friends-influences\/important-people-in-carrolls-life-and-work\/artistic-influences-mentors-supporters\/frank-ohara\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Frank O&#8217;Hara<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9419,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-9622","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9VlUH-2vc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9348,"url":"https:\/\/www.catholicboy.com\/WP\/background\/friends-influences\/important-people-in-carrolls-life-and-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":9622,"position":0},"title":"Important people in Carroll\u2019s life and work","author":"Cassie Carter","date":"March 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Index: Artistic Influences, Mentors, & Supporters John Ashbery\u00a0|\u00a0Bill Berkson\u00a0|\u00a0Brigid Berlin\u00a0|\u00a0Ted Berrigan\u00a0|\u00a0William S. 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