Lunch Poems: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

A prominent figure in the wide-open poetry movement of the 50s, Ferlinghetti gave voice to a generation that changed the face of poetry forever. Challenging the elite's definition of art and the artist's role, Ferlinghetti founded City Lights Bookstore, providing a meeting place for writers, artists, and intellectuals for over a half century. Ferlinghetti's A Coney Island of the Mind continues to be the most popular poetry book in the United States. His most recent work, Americus Book I was published by New Directions in 2004. Lunch Poems: Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2006 Lunch Poems is a monthly poetry reading held on the UC Berkeley campus. This reading features Lawrence Ferlinghetti. [events]...

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[gahm707]

that man is a national treasure. thank you so very much for this...

[oopinbopin]

why didn't anyone help him out, and get a better lamp for him?

[lamontmon]

I think Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a brilliant man

[erikis894]

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[CandyCane200]

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He first language is French and second is English :).

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[tattoofthesun]

also WOW WOW WOW that last poem...... the ideas of birds, flight, the american Eagle for God's sake the imagery is amazingly intertwined... flying, hijacking, the 3rd world, the 3rd world war just WOW what connections, the man has it all the voice and all

[tattoofthesun]

he says exaggerations! the truth from a true poet

[2009Nate]

i've read and loved Ferlinghetti's poems for decades. He is etched onto my brain. His words spring to mind often. His words are as much a part of me as my face in a mirror. Thank you for making some sense of the world. When a computer can generate such verses, I'll know that artificial intelligence is truly here.

[thinazzabird]

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