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Routines

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Routines

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

56 pages, New Directions Books, 1964.


A Coney Island of the Mind

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A Coney Island of the Mind

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

96 pages, New Directions Books, 1958.


Couple in love reading Ferlinghetti

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Couple in love reading Ferlinghetti

Era un volto che l’oscurità poteva uccidere
In un istante
Un volto facilmente offeso
Dal riso o dalla luce
“Noi di notte pensiamo in modo diverso”
mi disse una volta
sdraiandosi languidamente
e amava citare Cocteau
“Sento che c’è un angelo in me” diceva
“che io scandalizzo
sempre”
Poi sorrideva e distoglieva lo sguardo
Accendeva una sigaretta per me
Sospirava e si sollevava
E stiracchiava
La sua dolce anatomia
Lasciava cadere una calza


what insomnia brought me, or a recipe for happiness

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what insomnia brought me, or a recipe for happiness

a cup of tea, the little prince, loads of spirals, and Ferlinghetti.

Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace

One grand boulevard with trees
with one grand cafe in sun
with strong black coffee in very small cups.


One not necessarily very beautiful
man or woman who loves you.

One fine day.


Boulder, CO 1982 at Jack Kerouac Conference

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Boulder, CO 1982 at Jack Kerouac Conference

Peter Orlovsky, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, John Clellon-Holmes, Allen Ginsberg, Carl Solomon, (seated) Robert Frank


la gatta sa

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la gatta sa


tutto il tempo del mondo

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tutto il tempo del mondo

The cat

The cat
licks its paw and
lies down in
the bookshelf nook
She
can lie in a
sphinx position
without moving for so
many hours
and then turn her head
to me and
rise and stretch
and turn
her back to me and
lick her paw again as if
no real time had passed
It hasn't
and she is the spinx with
all the time in the world
in the desert of her time
The cat
knows where flies die
sees ghost in motes of air
and shadows in sunbeams
She hears
the music of the spheres and
the hum in the wires of houses
and the hum of the universe
in interstellar spaces
but
prefers domestic places
and the hum of the heater



La gatta

La gatta
si lecca la zampa e
si allunga in
un angolino della libreria
Essa
può rimanere
nella posizione della sfinge
senza muoversi per
molte ore
e quindi voltare la testa
verso di me e
sollevarsi e stiracchiarsi
e voltarmi
la schiena e
leccarsi di nuovo la zampa come se
non fosse passato del tempo
Non è passato
e lei è la sfinge con
tutto il tempo del mondo
nel deserto del suo tempo
La gatta sa
dove le mosche muoiono
vede fantasmi nei granelli d'aria
e ombre nei raggi del sole
Lei ode
la musica delle sfere e
il ronzio dei fili delle case
e il ronzio dell'universo
negli spazi interstellari
ma
preferisce luoghi domestici
e il ronzio della stufa

[lawrence ferlinghetti]


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Read Between the Lives

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Read Between the Lives

I was sitting on a park bench in Washington Square chatting with my neighbor Dennis as our dogs did the same. An older gentleman approached and joined us. Dennis introduced us: "Jim, this is Lawrence. Lawrence, Jim."

Lawrence turned out to be Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, essayist, and founder of San Francisco's City Lights bookstore, where, at age 89, he still works.

Ferlinghetti's most recent book is one of prose, and it's called Poetry as Insurgent Art. Its introduction seems appropriate to me today.

I am signaling you through the flames. The North Pole is not where it used to be. Manifest Destiny is no longer manifest. Civilization self-destructs. The goddess Nemesis is knocking at the door…

What are poets for in such an age? What is the use of poetry? If you would be a poet, create works capable of answering the challenge of Apocalyptic times, even if this means sounding apocalyptic. You have to decide if bird cries are cries of ecstasy or cries of despair, by which you will know if you are a tragic or a lyric poet. Conceive of love beyond sex. Be subversive, constantly questioning reality and the status quo. Strive to change the world in such a way that there’s no further need to be a dissident. Read between the lives, and write between the lines. Be committed to something outside yourself. Be passionate about it. But don’t destroy the world, unless you have something better to replace it.

The master class starts wars. The lower classes fight it. Governments lie. The voice of the government is often not the voice of the people.

Speak up, act out! Silence is complicity. Be the gadfly of the state and also its firefly.

Wake up! The world’s on fire!

Have a nice day!


beatnik's haven

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beatnik's haven


City Light Bookstore

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City Light Bookstore

Photo by Brian Bubonic
It is not allowed to be a jerk


Just another bookshop

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Just another bookshop

North Beach, San Francisco, CA, USA. 2008


reflection in ferlinghetti

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reflection in ferlinghetti

"and in that vale of light the city drifts anchorless upon the ocean"-- lawrence ferlinghetti. san francisco, california.

a trip to the bay area.


Recipe For Happiness

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Recipe For Happiness

Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace

One grand boulevard with trees
with one grand cafe in sun
with strong black coffee in very small cups.

One not necessarily very beautiful
man or woman who loves you.

One fine day.


— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

on my way to ferlinghetti's city of lights
...back monday


betterbigger...

1. homage to Amilcar de Castro, 2. towel tower, 3. chão e lambril, 4. pedernales falls, 5. Untitled, 6. Untitled, 7. a red chair, 8. Untitled, 9. *, 10. teletransport, 11. Untitled, 12. empty sign, 13. Untitled, 14. outro fantasma na parede, 15. Glue & Paint, 16. scattered optimism, 17. 080713 17.04, 18. Woman (III), 19. new_column, 20. Untitled, 21. 080713 16.55, 22. 080713 16.19, 23. phil mechanic orange tape, 24. no comment, 25. kelp4, 26. a peek into the next world, 27. Untitled, 28. Untitled, 29. os fios, 30. barragem, 31. fundo de quintal, 32. window, 33. greta-st-bw-qt-4666-w, 34. construção, 35. ao contrário, 36. olho para cima

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.


City Lights Booksellers and Publishers

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City Lights Booksellers and Publishers

Located at 261 Columbus Ave. (at Broadway) and founded in 1953 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter Martin City Lights has been a champion of The Free Speech and The Beat Literature Movements as well as a distinguished landmark of San Francisco.


Poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti


La Lontra presenta: Poeti Immaginati

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La Lontra presenta: Poeti Immaginati

Giovedì 5 giugno ore 18.30
Sala Sivori
Inaugurazione della mostra e presentazione del volume


Alberto Terrile
"Poeti immaginati"
Declinazioni fotografiche e récit mentali dal Festival Internazionale di Poesia di Genova
Con: Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Ed Sanders - Diane di Prima - Joanne Kyger- Alejandro Jodorowsky- Lou Reed - Ray Manzarek - Peter Hammill- Lydia Lunch - Howard Marks (Mr Nice).

Edizioni La Lontra


"Poeti immaginati" è un “diario emozionale” dove Alberto Terrile racconta alcuni momenti della sua esistenza attraverso immagini e parole ispirati dagli incontri con poeti e musicisti conosciuti in diverse edizioni del Festival Internazionale di Poesia di Genova.
Dal ricordo affiorano i tratti di una generazione che è stata l’ultima a sognare, che è stata giovane nel settantasette, che ha vissuto il terrorismo e la fine degli ideali, le piaghe della droga e dell’aids.
Alberto Terrile attraversa il mondo reale e quello interiore con lo sguardo e la curiosità del fanciullo e ci consegna un racconto per immagini palpitante.

Alberto Terrile (Genova, 11 marzo 1961)
Fotografo creativo. Attivo nel campo editoriale, dello spettacolo (teatro, danza, cinema, musica) e pubblicitario. E’ specializzato nella ritrattistica d’autore ( 1 premio nazionale nell’89 e due volte standard di eccellenza al Kodak European Gold Award nel 94 e 96). Viene considerato uno degli autori più interessanti e schivi della scena italiana. Ha esposto a Milano, Roma, Berlino, Parigi, Avignone, Chicago, Montreal e Toronto. Conosciuto in Italia e all’estero per il suo work in progress sul tema dell’Angelo nella contemporaneità che è stato promosso nel 95 a Berlino da Wim Wenders è poi approdato con una versione ampliata e riveduta di questo progetto presso Il Museo del Petit Palais di Avignone (Fr) che ha prodotto e curato nell’estate 1998 la sua personale “Sous le Signe de L’Ange”, catalogo in lingua francese, edizioni Petit Palais. E’ stato il primo artista italiano a stampare su marmo alleggerito una sua opera di grande formato in occasione della mostra internazionale “Disegnare il Marmo”. Ha firmato la campagna lasciti per TELETHON del 2006/07 vincitrice della Freccia d'Argento.



Alberto Terrile
"Poeti immaginati"
5 giugno – 25 luglio
Sala Sivori - Salita S. Caterina, 12 Genova
mostra visitabile negli orari del cinema

Inaugurazione giovedì 5 giugno ore 18.30


wall [with windows and door]

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wall [with windows and door]

I have hit the wall with everything: writing, photography, running, guitar, diet.

You know how there's a point in every phase of change and growth where suddenly you have stopped? You aren't showing progress?

It's that way with everything. The difference between the unknown and the just begun is so vast! That complete change from nothing to something is enough to propel you forward. But then you are the practicing beginner, and everything is the same. You are steady. You try to rise to challenges, but you are quickly frustrated or bored when you complete them.

That's the way I feel in general.

I know I'm on the verge of something, but my momentum is limited. I am waiting.

I am waiting
for a rebirth of wonder.


take a deep breath and let go

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take a deep breath and let go

I am waiting for the day
that maketh all things clear
and I am awaiting retribution
for what America did
to Tom Sawyer
and I am waiting
for the American Boy
to take off Beauty’s clothes
and get on top of her
and I am waiting
for Alice in Wonderland
to retransmit to me
her total dream of innocence
and I am waiting
for Childe Roland to come
to the final darkest tower
and I am waiting
for Aphrodite
to grow live arms
at a final disarmament conference
in a new rebirth of wonder

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, I Am Waiting excerpt (full version here - go read it. Go on. Shoo.)


Filmmaking 101

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Filmmaking 101