This is one of the better books of poetry i have read. Lawrence Ferlinghetti is one of the co-owners of the City Lights bookstore where the beat writers first got published (most notably the ubiquitous version of Allan Ginsberg's Howl). Although Lawrence was never really one of the inner circle of the beat writers his impact on the scene cannot not be denied. The poems in this collection are screams of dreamy freedom with a love of the way language and words sound. You can read these poems. But it's even better to say them out loud with a jazz band backing you up.
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