Rolf Potts argues that Ginsberg's "Wichita Vortex Sutra" is more timeless than Howl.
As Potts puts it: "No doubt Howl will continue to be recognized as an essential twentieth-century poem, but if we aspire this year to recognize the anniversary of a Ginsberg poem that still seems relevant and challenging, we should fast-forward ten years to 1966, when the iconic Beat poet penned 'Wichita Vortex Sutra"—an antiwar lament that carries an observational honesty not present in the MTV din of Howl."
