April 10, 2008...4:10 pm

Poetry is good, go read some

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By Sorbonne graduate and beatific father of the west coast poetry scene, Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Awww, see those city lights.

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  • let’s go to san francisco some time :)

  • and yes, i read my ferlinghetti this evening!

  • Just wanted to say thanks again slynne.
    I didn’t find any Ferlinghetti in my bookshop
    but I did find a whole load of other poets and I bought 8 new poetry books.
    And I found one by Sharon Olds that I hadn’t see before. Ah, exploration is a wonderful thing.

  • I’m glad you found good thinks while out there looking, Zaphod. To explore a little for free, you should also check out poets.org. Which Olds book was it?

    Emily, what Ferlinghetti poems did you read? I love him. He is my favorite of the poets he ran with.

  • i’ve always been partial to ginsberg, personally.

    i read “in goya’s greatest scenes…”, and “sometime during eternity” (which I love), and “people getting divorced” and “retired ballerinas, central park west”. that’s what’s in my big anthology, which i paid for in college ;) and therefore am obliged to love!

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