Beat Poetry theme for Silliman

Silliman spoke about Hettie Jones' poetry and it interested me because, in an interview, she said that she was too linear to be a beat poet. I find myself relating to her abilities. Beat poetry, as displayed on Silliman's blog, can be abstract, musical, and simply linguistic. I think that it takes a lot more work to be a beat poet than to simply write linear, classic poetry. It seems to take more inner strength and control to create work that is laking control. Beat poetry has to be, in some ways, entertaining which is what classic poetry does not have to worry about being.