Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Pity the Nation
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Uploaded by jschlei2 on Sep 4, 2007
Identified with the City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco as well as the poets of the Beat Generation, 88 year old Lawrence Ferlinghetti is still active as a poet. This poem is a recent effort.
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Ferlinghetti handles words well - but - how trite, and how philosophically sophomoric!
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He looks like he is around my age.
Dave Hart
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How could he know it will happen to Hungary in 2010??!! In the exact same order!
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"Pity the Nation" is the original poem by the Lebanese poet Jibran Khalil Jibran
1 year ago 3
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"Pity the Nation" is the original poem by the Lebanese poet Jibran Khalil Jibran
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He's describing every president.And those that led the colonies.
2 years ago 3
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We're all very glad that you approve. Your opinion means a lot. Honestly.
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he's describing obama...
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I don't think he was American, just Lebanese
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Him and allen ginsberg <333
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He's the real laureate, in my view.
whizbang47 3 years ago 5
Amazing peom, thank you for sharing.
madzndean 3 years ago 4