Allen Ginsberg wrote a poem.
`` A Supermarket in California '' is a poem by American poet Allen Ginsberg first published in Howl and Other Poems in 1956 . Allen Ginsberg . Ginsberg is best known for his poem `` Howl '' , in which he denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States . `` Howl '' reflected Ginsberg 's own homosexuality and his relationships with a number of men , including Peter Orlovsky , his lifelong partner . Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that `` Howl '' was not obscene , adding , `` Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms ? '' `` Howl '' is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1955 , published as part of his 1956 collection of poetry titled Howl and Other Poems , and dedicated to Carl Solomon .