I really liked this collection of Ferlinghetti poems. The beat poets were all over the chart in terms of talent, but I think this guy was a genuine talent. Some of the poems in this collection truly resonate with the wordsmithery of genius, (and to be fair, some is kinda silly and lame too). Anyhow, I liked reading the poems in this book, and I hope that whoever else finds it on the bookshelf does too.

This has sat largely unread on the bookshelf in my classroom for at least 12 years. I suspect that it has been there much longer than that. I thought I would clean it up, give it a BCID and see if anyone is interested in it!

Released on Thursday, October 31, 2002 at The bookshelf in my classroom in Cincinnati, Ohio USA.

Pretty good collection of poetry. Really surrealistic. It seems as if ferlinghetti is reminiscing about a lot of his childhood emotions/childhood innocence and correlating it with his adulthood and his surroundings. Quality/unique poetry.