beat poets

American  

plural noun

1. numerous U.S. poets concentrated in California in the 1950s and noted chiefly for their rejection of poetic as well as social conventions, exemplified through experimental, often informal phrasing and diction and formless verse that attempts to capture spontaneity of thought and feeling.

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Etymology

Origin of beat poets

see origin at Beat Generation

Example Sentences

Her father was the head of Berkeley’s Buddhist temple, where the beat poets loved to hang out in the 1950s and 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2023

The storied Chelsea Hotel was filled with artists and beat poets when Michael Rips and his wife, Sheila Berger, an artist, moved in 24 years ago.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2018

So the beat poets and hippies and all the other bohemians would make fleeting forays south before returning to their foggy bay area sanctuary with tales of sun-frizzled vulgarians.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2016

The beat poets, exemplified by Allen Ginsberg, were less forgiving.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2015

If they come and see a film about the beat poets because they saw me in `Harry Potter,' fantastic.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2013