Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.

Quote by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American.

I am waiting for them to prove that God is really American.

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by...

Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by...

Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and...

Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and...

Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.

Everything the Beats stood for was the opposite of the dominant culture today.

It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something.

It's much easier to consume the visual image than to read something.

I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last...

I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last...

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is...

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is...

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all ottom line...

The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all ottom line...

I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile...

I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile...

And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing...

And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing...

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers...

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers...

Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and...

Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and...

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't...

They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't...

It's the story of an American who wants to become a dictator and goes to...

It's the story of an American who wants to become a dictator and goes to...

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts...

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts...

Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.

Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.

The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at...

The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at...

No, I didn't become disenchanted. I just couldn't paint like them.

No, I didn't become disenchanted. I just couldn't paint like them.

We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers.

We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers.