"Severance Pay" is a collection of poetry written by the American Beat Generation poet and Zen Buddhist monk Philip Whalen.
Book Overview
- Full Title: Severance Pay: Poems 1967–1969.
- Publication: It was published as a 51-page softcover volume in 1970 by the Four Seasons Foundation in San Francisco.
- Content: The collection features 29 poems. Most of them are quite short, but it concludes with a massive 17-page piece titled "Birthday Poem".