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San Francisco Poems

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

4/5 ( ratings)

Here are all of Ferlinghetti’s poems set in the city he has lived in for over half a century. He brings alive, with wit and lyricism, scenes of city life: a Giants baseball game, the Green Street Marching Mortuary Band, bohemian North Beach, Golden Gate Park, yachts on the Bay, and more. Also included are historic photographs, scattered prose pieces, and the text of his mischievous inaugural address with his vision of the city’s history as a poetic center and suggestions for keeping it that way.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a bookman, painter and author of poetry, fiction, essays and plays. His most recent books are How to Paint Sunlight and Love in the Days of Rage .

Language: English

Pages: 96

Format: Paperback

Publisher: City Lights Foundation Books

Release: January 01, 2003

ISBN: 1931404011

ISBN 13: 9781931404013

San Francisco Poems

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

4/5 ( ratings)

Here are all of Ferlinghetti’s poems set in the city he has lived in for over half a century. He brings alive, with wit and lyricism, scenes of city life: a Giants baseball game, the Green Street Marching Mortuary Band, bohemian North Beach, Golden Gate Park, yachts on the Bay, and more. Also included are historic photographs, scattered prose pieces, and the text of his mischievous inaugural address with his vision of the city’s history as a poetic center and suggestions for keeping it that way.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a bookman, painter and author of poetry, fiction, essays and plays. His most recent books are How to Paint Sunlight and Love in the Days of Rage .

Language: English

Pages: 96

Format: Paperback

Publisher: City Lights Foundation Books

Release: January 01, 2003

ISBN: 1931404011

ISBN 13: 9781931404013

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