How to Paint Sunlight: New Poems
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This collection of recent poems is graced with a short introduction by the poet in which he says, "All I ever wanted to do was to paint light on the walls of life." For more than fifty years... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:081121463X
ISBN13:9780811214636
Release Date:April 2001
Publisher:New Directions
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.58 lbs.
Dimensions:8.3" x 0.5" x 5.8"
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Demonstrates and documents a true literary master
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Lawrence Ferlinghetti is one of the best and widely read of America's 20th century poets, who has been awarded numerous citations, awards, and recognitions for his work. How To Paint Sunlight: New Poems showcases for his legions of fans a new compendium of his work that demonstrates and documents a true literary master. Moored: A boat moored/In the deep shade/under a weeping willow/in the bend of a river//As the light fades/so does the boat/with its willow/with its river//Only memory remains/of the lovers/in the bottom of the boat/moored to each other//They too/Gone on.
He's Still Got It!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book is a real delight to anyone who enjoys poetry. Ferlinghetti still has it and has it in spades. His poems do something that most poets have forgotten how to do: COMMUNICATE! He is the poet for Everyman and the Everyman of poets. In an age of poetry slams and unintelligable linguistic pirouettes from Europe, Ferlighetti stands nearly alone. The poetry still has its political edge, there are lines in the section on Big Sur that will go into the thin volume that should be made on the poetry and prose that really describe the Big Sur experience. And finally, the last section, Into The Interior, where the poet turns the unflinching light of honesty on the death of Allen Ginsburg, and himself, is a simple, quiet apotheosis. Read this book.
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