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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers &amp;amp; Publishers. Author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, he is best known for A Coney Island of the Mind (New York: New Directions, 1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over 1 million copies.

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Top 5 Poems

1	Wild Dreams Of A New Beginning
2	Bird With Two Right Wings
3	Constantly Risking Absurdity
4	Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace
5	Number 8

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A Vast Confusion

Bird With Two Right Wings

Constantly Risking Absurdity

Dove Sta Amore

Number 20

Number 8

Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace

Seascape With Sun And Eagle

The Pennycandystore Beyond The El

The Plough Of Time

Wild Dreams Of A New Beginning

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Quote Left And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war.
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Quote Left We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers.
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