
Wish I could go to City Lights !🕯
Wish I could go to City Lights !🕯
The tagged book was one of the first poetry books I ever bought. It helped launch my love for poetry. I often reread Ferlinghetti in my 20s, I always appreciated his surreal imagery, humor, tenderness, & social protest. The importance of City Lights Books in mid-20th century publishing & the formation of counterculture lit can't be overstated. He was the last of his generation. A true icon.
I just read that Ferlinghetti has passed away at the age of 101. https://apple.news/AspSgvg-_TIy8U2IJDtdUxw
Tomorrow is the day Lawrence Ferlinghetti celebrates being 100.City Lights is throwing a big bash with linked events all over town.Wish I could be there. http://www.citylights.com/ferlinghetti/
Caution: this website could be hazardous to your wallet but a windfall to your book collection.
#poetrymatters
#wind
@LazyDays
Only a mention of wind but one of my favorite poems. Plus, another favorite wind poem: Construction Site, Windy Night by Nicholas Christopher was way too long to fit.
"I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of wonder."
Stopped at a little indie bookshop in Bisbee, AZ and picked up this bookmark featuring a few lines from one of my favorite poems.
Going along with @Liberty and #FunFriday favorite autographed books. I found this beauty in a used bookstore (not City Lights) and aside from the fact that I lurve the poetry of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, I like to imagine that the "Allen" it's to is Allen Ginsberg. I have no proof, but I don't care.