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LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI

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Poems found: 472

ONE OF THOSE PAINTINGS THAT WOULD NOT DIE'

AND PABLO NERUDA / THAT CHILEAN OMNIVORE OF POETRY

DON JUAN DISCOVERED BY HAIDEE

DON'T LET THAT HORSE

IN A SURREALIST YEAR

THE DEFEATED ROMANTICISM / OF T.S. ELIOT

A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 11

ALLEN GINSBERG DYING

BIG SUR LIGHT: 4

BOCCIONI'S MORNING AND TWILIGHT

CAFE NOTRE DAME

CRO-MAGNONS

DEFLOWERING

DUST WORLD: 1

DUST WORLD: 2

EXPRESSIONIST HISTORY OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM

HISTORY OF THE AIRPLANE

HORSE IN AMSTERDAM, AFTER REMBRANDT

HORSES AT DAWN

INTO DARKNESS, IN GRANADA

LADAKH BUDDHESS BIKER

LATE IMPRESSIONIST DREAM

RETURNING TO PARIS WITH PISSARRO

RISTORANE VITTORIA, MILAN

SEEING A WOMAN AS IN A PAINTING BY BERTHE MORISOT

SPEAK OUT

STARTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO

TENTATIVE DESCRIPTION OF DINNER .. IMPEACHMENT .. EISENHOWER

THE 'MOVING WATERS' OF GUSTAV KLIMT

THE CHANGING LIGHT

THE FLOWER SELLER AT COVENT GARDEN 1989

THE PHOTO OF EMILY

THIRD WORLD CALLING

POETRY AS INSURGENT ART

TO THE ORACLE AT DELPHI

THE CAT

DOG

YACHTS IN THE SUN

NUMBER 8

A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 20

PICTURES OF THE GONE WORLD: 22

SURREAL MIGRATIONS, PART I

DRINKING FRENCH WINE IN MIDDLE AMERICA

A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 46

DON€™T LET THAT HORSE

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

AWAY ABOVE A HARBORFUL

I AM WAITING

I GENITORI PERDUTI

LONDON CROSSFIGURED

QUEENS CEMETERY, SETTING SUN

RETIRED BALLERINAS, CENTRAL PARK WEST

SOMETIME DURING ETERNITY

THE CANTICLE OF JACK KEROUAC

UNDERWEAR

A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 9

THE STATUE OF ST. FRANCIS

LAST PRAYER

A DOG IN THE WHITE HOUSE

IN GOLDEN GATE PARK THAT DAY

PEOPLE GETTING DIVORCED

A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 1

A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 15

AN ELEGY TO DISPEL GLOOM (ASSASSINATIONS OF MOSCONE & MILK)

BASEBALL CANTO

DOG

LOST PARENTS

MONET'S LILIES SHUDDERING

PICTURES OF THE GONE WORLD: 3

PICTURES OF THE GONE WORLD: 8

POPULIST MANIFESTO

POUND AT SPOLETO

SHORT STORY ON A PAINTING OF GUSTAV KLIMT

THE OLD ITALIANS DYING

ONE OF THOSE PAINTINGS THAT WOULD NOT DIE'

ONLY CONNECT!' / CRIED COLUMBUS

BLUE-BOTTLE FLY / ALIGHTED ON MY PALETTE

CRICKET SOMEWHERE / WINDS HIS WATCH

HEAP OF BROKEN IMAGES

LION CAME TO MY WINDOW

MASS IN PROGRESS IN THE LISTING CHURCH

NATIVE-BORN NEW YORKER

VERY LARGE CAT ATE A SINGING BIRD

AMANT DES GARES

OBSCURE COMPOSER / SHE WAS

AND ARE WE NOT THEN IN THE REAL PARADISO NOT IN DANTE'S

AND EVERY POEM AND EVERY PICTURE

AND LOVE BE WRITTEN ON RUNNING WATER

AND PABLO NERUDA / THAT CHILEAN OMNIVORE OF POETRY

AND SAMUEL BECKETT'S HOUSE OF CARDS

ARE THERE NOT STILL FIRELIES

AT ELLIS ISLAND I SAW HER

AT NIGHT / A DYING STAR

AT THE GOLDEN GATE

BUT WHAT IS THAT LAUGHTER UNDER THE HILL

BY BROOKLYN BRIDGE AN ELEPHANT STANDS UNDER THE ELEVATED

BY THE STATUE OF RODIN

COME LIE WITH ME AND BE MY LOVE

DAY AFTER DAY RETURNING

DEATH COMES ON / LIKE A BEETHOVEN CONCERTO

DO DREAMS RESCUE YOUR EGO

DON JUAN DISCOVERED BY HAIDEE

DON'T LET THAT HORSE

DOVE STA AMORE / WHERE LIES LOVE

DRIVING A CARDBOARD AUTOMOBILE WITHOUT A LICENSE

EVERYTHING CHANGES AND NOTHING CHANGES

FINISTERE

FORTUNE / HAS ITS COOKIES TO GIVE OUT

GREAT RIVER / IMAGE OF TIME

HE MADE THE USUAL FOOL OF HIMSELF

HISTORY IS MADE / OF THE LIES OF THE VICTORS'

HOW FRAGILE THE FLESH

HOW THE LIGHT / LAY ON THE LEAVES

I HAVE NOT LAIN WITH BEAUTY ALL MY LIFE

I HEARD A WOMAN MAKING LOVE TODAY

I SAW GREAT NEPTUNE

I SAW TWO LOVERS

I WOULD NOT MAKE A PACT WITH YOU

I WRING THE NECK OF THE SWAN

IN A SURREALIST YEAR

IN FAR-OUT POETRY / THE HEART BLEEDS UPON THE PAGE

IN GOLDEN GATE PARK THAT DAY

IN LOCK OF LOVE

IN THAT HINTERNATION / THAT STRETCHES WESTWARD FROM MANHATTAN

IN THE BEGINNING / WASN'T THE WORD

IN THE CATALOG RAISONNE / OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH

IN THE GARDENS OF THE ALHAMBRA

IN THE HILLS ABOVE FIRENZE / THE FIREFLIES

IN THE SALA DI PRANZO

IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD

KIDS BLOWING BUBBLES / IN FRONT OF THE PIZZERIA

LIGHT KNOWS RAIN / AND HOW TO USE IT

MONSIEUR NICHOLAS

NARCISSUS ALWAYS CARRIED / A SMALL HAND MIRROR

NEVER A MADMAN / YET NEVER FAR

NOT LIKE DANTE

O / HEART / INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE

O FRAGILE POEMS / FLOWERS OF NIGHT-LOVE

OISEAU DELABRE

ON THE STAGE SET / OF THE PIAZZA DELLA ROTUNDA

ONE GREAT BIRD / FLEW AROUND SILENTLY

OOPE, PAMPLONA! CRIED THE POPE

PEOPLE GETTING DIVORCED

PURE WHITE IN FIRST LIGHT

REACHING INTO THE GREAT ABYSS

REAR-GUARD GALLERIES / IN THE VIA MARGUTTA

ROMA / MADE OF FLESH AND STONE

ROME / RAIN / ON THE TIBER

SEE IT WAS LIKE THIS WHEN

SEWING TWO BIRDS TOGETHER

SHADOWS OF SEABIRDS / SKIM THE WAVES

SHE CAME IN OUT OF THE NIGHT

SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE / IN ECSTASY

SO MUCH DEPENDS UPON / THE VERY YELLOW TAXICAB

SO RENT A MUSEUM / AND SEE YOURSELF IN MIRRORS

SO SHOW YOUR SON A SUNSET

SO THAT / THE GOD WHOM HUMANS HAD DECIDED

SOMETIME DURING ETERNITY

SOMEWHERE ON THE COAST OF GREECE

SUDDENLY

SUMMER PASSED ME BY

CAT DOING KUNDALINI

DANCE OF THE MIND

DEFEATED ROMANTICISM / OF T.S. ELIOT

DOG HANGS HIS SNOUT

GREEN STREET MORTUARY MARCHING BAND

ISLES OF GREECE

ITALIAN-AMERICAN BIMBO FROM BROOKLYN

LEAVES DANCED TO MOZART / ABOVE THE WORLD'S STATIC

LONG BOATS

LOVER LEAVES THE HOUSE OF HER LOVER

LOVERS UNDER THE PORTICO

MIND DANCES / WHEN THE BODY LETS IT

PENNYCANDYSTORE BEYOND THE EL

PLANE WINGS AWAY TOWARD HEAVEN

POET'S EYE OBSCENELY SEEING

POPULATION EXPLODES / AND THE SUN WEARS SHADES

PRESENT IS A CHANCE EVENT

SPANISH ANTS / IN THEIR TRANCE-DANCE

TINY LITTLE RAGGED MUTT

VAST PORT SWAYS WITH CREAKING CORDAGE

THEY WERE PUTTING UP THE STATUE

THEY WERE PUTTING UP THE STATUE

THEY WERE SHOOTING IN THE PLAZAS

THINK BACK THROUGH THE LONG YEARS

TONIGHT AT THE GREAT OLD BEACH HOTEL

TOOK THE SEASHORE ROAD

TRISTE CORBIERE

WALKING THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA

WHAT COULD SHE SAY TO THE FANTASTIC FOOLYBEAR

WHEN THE PAINTER PISSARRO LAY DYING

WHEN THE SENSES AWAKE BEFORE THE MIND

WHERE IS THAT LITTLE FISH

WHEREAS EINSTEIN WAS NOT THE JAMES JOYCE OF SCIENTISTS

BUDDHA IN THE WOODPILE

CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 1

CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 11

CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND: 15

DARK PORTRAIT

FLIGHT THROUGH TIME

MEETING OF EYES IN MEXICO

NATION OF SHEEP

NORTH BEACH SCENE

NOTE AFTER READING THE DIARIES OF PAUL KLEE

PHOENIX AT FIFTY

REPORT ON A HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON SQUARE SAN FRANCISCO

RIVER STILL TO BE FOUND

SWEET FLYING DREAM

TOURIST OF REVOLUTIONS

VAST CONFUSION

ADIEU A CHARLOT (SECOND POPULIST MANIFESTO)

ALIENATION: TWO BEES

ALLEN GINSBERG DYING

ALLEN STILL

ALLEN THIS INSTANT

AFTERNOON IDYLL

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF KENNETH PATCHEN

ELEGY TO DISPEL GLOOM (ASSASSINATIONS OF MOSCONE & MILK)

IMAGINARY HAPPENING, LONDON

AND LO

APOLLINAIRE IN AMERICA

APPEARANCES OF THE ANGEL IN OHIO

ASCENDING OVER OHIO

ASSASSINATION RAGA

AT THE BODEGA

AT THE GARE BRUXELLES-MIDI

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

BACH & MOZART IN SAINT-JULIEN-LE-PAUVRE

BACK ROADS TO FAR PLACES

BACK ROADS TO FAR TOWNS AFTER BASHO

BAJA BEATITUDES

BAJA REVISITED

BASEBALL CANTO

BELATED PALINODE FOR DYLAN THOMAS

BETWEEN TWO CITIES

BIG SUR 6/23/97

BIG SUR LIGHT

BLIND POET

BLOOD OF THE BAG LADY

BOCCIONI'S MORNING AND TWILIGHT

BOUNCER'S BAR

CAFE NOTRE DAME

CANTI ROMANI

CANTI TOSCANI

CARRARA, LOOKING SEAWARD

CHALLENGES TO YOUNG POETS

CLAMSHELL ALLIANCE

CLONING AT THE HAWK & DOVE

CRO-MAGNONS

DARKNESS, CHEZ GEORGE WHITMAN

DEEP CHESS

DEFLOWERING

DICTIONARIES OF LIGHT

DIRECTOR OF ALIENATION

DIRTY TONGUE

DISSIDENTS, BIG SUR

DOG

DON'T CRY FOR ME INDIANA

DRINKING FRENCH WINE IN MIDDLE AMERICA

DUST WORLD: 1

DUST WORLD: 2

EIGHT PEOPLE ON A GOLF COURSE AND ONE BIRD OF FREEDOM

ENDLESS LIFE

EUPHORIA

EXPRESSIONIST HISTORY OF GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM

FABLE OF THE SO-CALLED BIRDS

FIRENZE, A LIFETIME LATER

FIRST, THE NEWS

GOYA AND THE SLEEP OF REASON

GREAT AMERICAN WATERFRONT POEM

GROTTAMARE

HE (TO ALLEN GINSBERG OF THE 1950'S, BEFORE 'THE CHANGE')

HE WITH THE BEATING WINGS

HIDDEN DOOR (HYMN TO MACHU PICCHU, AFTER NERUDA)

HIGHWAY PATROL

HILARIOUS GOD

HISTORY OF THE AIRPLANE

HISTORY OF THE WORLD: A TV DOCU-DRAMA

HOLIDAY INN BLUES

HOME HOME HOME

HORSE IN AMSTERDAM, AFTER REMBRANDT

HORSES AT DAWN

HOW CLEAR YOUR VOICE FROM BELGRADE

I AM WAITING

I AM YOU

I GENITORI PERDUTI

I SAW ONE OF THEM

IN A TIME OF REVOLUTION FOR INSTANCE

IN THE DINER

IN WOODS WHERE MANY RIVERS RUN

INAUGURAL ADDRESS

INSCRUTABLE

INSTRUCTIONS TO PAINTERS & POETS

INSURGENT MEXICO

INTO DARKNESS, IN GRANADA

INTO THE DEEPER POOLS

INTO THE INTERIOR

JOHN LENNON IN THE PORTO SANTO STEFANO

JOURNAL NOTES TURNING INTO A POEM

L'OCCUPATION OBSEDEE

LA DAME AUX CAMELIAS

LADAKH BUDDHESS BIKER

LATE IMPRESSIONIST DREAM

LAUGHING & CRYING

LIBRARY SCENE, MANHATTAN

LOOK HOMEWARD, JACK: TWO CORRESPONDENCES

LOST PARENTS

MAKING LOVE IN POETRY

MANHATTAN MAMA

MATINAL

MATISSE AT THE MODERN, MAGRITTE AT THE MET

MILANO-BRUXELLES

MOCK CONFESSIONAL

MODERN POETRY IS PROSE (BUT IT IS SAYING PLENTY)

MONET'S LILIES SHUDDERING

MOORED

MORLAIX: INTO THE FUTURE WITH NEIL YOUNG

MOSCOW IN THE WILDERNESS, SEGOVIA IN THE SNOW

MOUTH

NATURAL HISTORY

NEW YORK - ALBANY

NIGHT LIGHT

OH YOU GATHERER

OLBERS' PARADOX

ON THE TRANSSIBERIAN

ONE OF THESE DAYS

OVERHEARD CONVERSATIONS

OVERHEARD CONVERSATIONS

OVERPOPULATION

PARIS TRANSFORMATIONS

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PLAN DU CENTRE DE PARIS A VOL D'OISEAU

PLANE LIFE

POEM FOR OLD WALT

POET AS FISHERMAN

POLITICAL POEM

POPULIST MANIFESTO

POUND AT SPOLETO

QUEENS CEMETERY, SETTING SUN

READING APOLLINAIRE ...

READING APOLLINAIRE BY THE ROGUE RIVER

RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS IN KHABAROVSKY OR ANYPLACE

RETIRED BALLERINAS, CENTRAL PARK WEST

RETURNING TO PARIS WITH PISSARRO

RISTORANE VITTORIA, MILAN

ROMAN MORN

ROUGH SONG OF ANIMALS DYING

SAILING THRU THE STRAITS OF DEMOS

SALUTE

SAN JOSE SYMPHONY RECEPTION

SANDINISTA AVIONCITOS

SCENE FROM A STREET OPERA

SEASCAPE WITH SUN & EAGLE

SEEING A WOMAN AS IN A PAINTING BY BERTHE MORISOT

SHERMAN'S MARCH REGLITTERIZED

SHORT STORY ON A PAINTING OF GUSTAV KLIMT

SNAPSHOT EPIPHANY

SPEAK OUT

SPIRIT OF THE CRUSADES

SPRING ABOUT TO HAPPEN

STARTING FROM SAN FRANCISCO

STONE REALITY MEDITATION

SUENO REAL

SUNRISE, BOLINAS

SURREAL MIGRATIONS

TENTATIVE DESCRIPTION OF DINNER .. IMPEACHMENT .. EISENHOWER

MOVING WATERS' OF GUSTAV KLIMT

ANGRY GOD

ARTIST

ASTONISHED HEART

BILLBOARD PAINTERS

CANTICLE OF JACK KEROUAC

CAT

CHANGING LIGHT

END OF VARIOUS AFFAIRS

FLOWER SELLER AT COVENT GARDEN 1989

FREIGHTS

GENERAL SONG OF HUMANITY

GENERALS - A NAIVE DREAM

GREAT CHINESE DRAGON

HEAVY

JACK OF HEARTS

LIGHT

LIGHT OF BIRDS

LIVING THEATRE

LOVE NUT

MAJESTY

MAN WHO RODE AWAY

MAN WHO ROSE AWAY (D.H. LAWRENCE)

MOUTH OF TRUTH

OLD ITALIANS DYING

OLD SAILORS

PAINTER'S DILEMMA

PAINTER'S DREAM

PENNYCANDYSTORE BEYOND THE EL

PHOTO OF EMILY

PIED PIPER OF IRON MOUNTAIN

PLOUGH OF TIME

POETIC CITY THAT WAS

REBELS

RECURRENT DREAM

REVOLUTIONARY

SCREAM HEARD AROUND THE WORLD

SEA AND OURSELVES AT CAPE ANN

SEA IS CALM TONIGHT

THIRD WORLD

THIRD WORLD CALLING

THOUGHTS TO A CONCERTO OF TELEMANN

TO THE ORACLE AT DELPHI

TOC TOC: A COUPLE OBSERVED (AFTER APOLLINAIRE)

TRIUMPH OF THE POSTMODERN

TRUE CONFESSIONAL

TUNISIAN NOSTALGIA

TWO AMSTERDAMS

TWO SCAVENGERS IN A TRUCK, TWO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN A MERCEDES

UNDER THE BRIDGES

UNDERWEAR

UPON REFLECTION

USES OF POETRY

VOIX GLAUQUE

WE SQUAT UPON THE BEACH OF LOVE

WHAT IS POETRY?

WHITE DREAMS

WHITE ON WHITE

WILD DREAMS OF A NEW BEGINNING

WILD LIFE CAMEO, EARLY MORN

WOMEN IN ROOMS

WORK-IN-PROGRESS, SELS.

YACHTS IN SUN



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