"See it was like this when we waltz into this place.A couple of papish cats is doing an Aztec two-stepAnd I says Dad let's cutbut then this dame comes ...












Poetry is a naked woman, a naked man, and the distance between them.

More Lawrence Ferlinghetti quotes
"Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace'One grand boulevard with treeswith one grand cafe in sunwith strong black coffee in very small cups.One no...
"Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.
"I am awaitingperpetually and forevera renaissance of wonder
"Don't patronize the chain bookstores. Every time I see some author scheduled to read and sign his books at a chain bookstore, I feel like telling him ...
"I am waiting for the war to be fought which will make the world safe for anarchy
"Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.
"Decide if a poem is a question or a declaration, a meditation or an outcry.
"We have seen the best minds of our generation destroyed by boredom at poetry readings.