The poet talks about Ginsberg, Albert Hall, and how one of his own writers emptied the City Lights till.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/04/lawrence-ferlinghetti-interview-poets
April 24, 2024
The poet talks about Ginsberg, Albert Hall, and how one of his own writers emptied the City Lights till.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/04/lawrence-ferlinghetti-interview-poets
And a damned good poet:
Yet I have slept with beauty
in my own weird way
and I have made a hungry scene or two
with beauty in my bed
and so spilled out another poem or two
and so spilled out another poem or two
upon the Bosch-like world
A Coney Island of the mind
The pennycandystore beyond the El
is where I first
fell in love
with unreality
Jellybeans glowed in the semi-gloom
of that september afternoon
A cat upon the counter moved among
the licorice sticks
and tootsie rolls
and Oh Boy Gum
Outside the leaves were falling as they died
A wind had blown away the sun
A girl ran in
Her hair was rainy
Her breasts were breathless in the little room
Outside the leaves were falling
and they cried
Too soon! too soon!
Wow!
#20 in the collection and a gem.
A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND is one of the first books of poetry I ever bought.
I still have the New Directions paperback. On the rear cover is the price: $1.00!
Ferlinghetti Says Poetry Can Save the World!
http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Ferlinghetti-argues-that-poetry-can-save-the-world-3299103.php