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Selected Frank O’Hara Poems

“Ave Maria”

“Poem [Lana Turner has collapsed!]”

“Having a Coke with You”

“The Day Lady Died”

“Steps”

“To the Harbormaster”

Also a Poet Mixtape

“Canary” — Liz Phair

“Daddy Needs a Drink” — Drive-By Truckers

“La Vie de Bohème” — Frenchy and the Punk

“The Best Day” — Taylor Swift

“Fade Like a Shadow” — KT Tunstall

“That’s My Job” — Conway Twitty

“More Adventurous” — Rilo Kiley

“That’s Just the Way That I Feel” — Purple Mountains

“Frank O’Hara” — Sea Wolf

“I Love You, Yes I Do” — Tab Hunter

“V.G.I.” — Julie Ruin

“Ghost!” — Kid Cudi

“We Just Disagree” — Dave Mason

“Your Generation” — Generation X

“Dirty Fingers” — Lindsay Ellyn

“Real Friends” — Kanye West

“Don’t Call” — Desire

“By This River” — Brian Eno

“He Didn’t Say” — Mecca Normal

“Frank O’Hara Hit” — Chelsea Light Moving