A Coney Island of the Mind

Leftcoastzen

A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems | Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Wish I could go to City Lights !🕯

vivastory

SamAnne Oh I love City Lights. Hankering for a San Fran trip. 4y

Leftcoastzen @SamAnne me too! Have several friends there , miss them as well. 4y

vivastory These are great! I will have to post a pic of my Ferlinghetti collection when I get my poetry collection organized. City Lights is still on my bucket list. 4y

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Brooke_H City Lights is the best. ❤️ 4y

Leftcoastzen @Brooke_H I agree! 4y

LeahBergen So cool! ❤️ 4y

Leftcoastzen @vivastory yes ,you need to go , you would love it!I lived in the city and one of the ways I could go home is walk through North Beach past City Lights , to the train that runs under Market St.Rent usually meant no books. 4y

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Palimpsest

A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems | Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I just read that Ferlinghetti has passed away at the age of 101. https://apple.news/AspSgvg-_TIy8U2IJDtdUxw

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Leftcoastzen

A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems | Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Tomorrow is the day Lawrence Ferlinghetti celebrates being 100.City Lights is throwing a big bash with linked events all over town.Wish I could be there. http://www.citylights.com/ferlinghetti/
Caution: this website could be hazardous to your wallet but a windfall to your book collection.

vivastory I just googled ferlinghetti a couple of weeks ago, wondering if he was still alive. That's fantastic! 6y

vivastory Have you ever read Philip Lamantia? 6y

Leftcoastzen @vivastory Yes I have read Philip a slim volume years ago ,can‘t remember title , have had my eye on his collected poems 6y

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vivastory In 1999 I looked his number up online & called him. He talked on the phone for an hour, I remember he said he had to go meet Nancy Peters (I think she still runs City Lights) & one of the head booksellers at CL. It was amazing. 6y

Leftcoastzen @vivastory Wow! 6y

PaperbackPirate I got to visit City Lights for the second time last Friday. It was awesome but it would have been nice to go to the bday bash. 6y

tpixie @SoniaC and I were just at City Lights about one month ago & got to watch the Chinese New Year Parade ! 6y

tpixie @vivastory wow! Quite the story!! Which would not have happened if you didn‘t give it a go!! 6y

arubabookwoman Wow-is he still alive? Amazing! I first went to City Lights in 1969. It was quite small, and Ferlinghetti was sitting in a back corner reading. I bought 2 slim volumes of his poetry, which I still have. 6y

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Tonton

A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems | Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Happy 100th birthday! https://lithub.com/happy-100th-birthday-lawrence-ferlinghetti/

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VioletBramble

A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems | Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#poetrymatters
#wind
@LazyDays

Only a mention of wind but one of my favorite poems. Plus, another favorite wind poem: Construction Site, Windy Night by Nicholas Christopher was way too long to fit.

LazyDays 👏 6y

arubabookwoman I visited City Lights Bookstore in 1969. Ferlinghetti was sitting in a back corner reading (the store was very small then). I bought this book, which I still have. 6y

VioletBramble @arubabookwoman Wow, what a great memory. Ferlinghetti is my favorite Beat poet. I have the 50th anniversary edition with a CD of him reading the poems live with a band. 6y

Nute @arubabookwoman I love your memory of that 1969 bookstore visit.🧡 6y

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monalyisha

A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems | Lawrence Ferlinghetti

"I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of wonder."

Stopped at a little indie bookshop in Bisbee, AZ and picked up this bookmark featuring a few lines from one of my favorite poems.

readinginthedark 😍Love it! 8y

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BraveNewBooks

A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems | Lawrence Ferlinghetti

🎄 #Christmaspoems 🎄

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Bkwurm

A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems | Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Going along with @Liberty and #FunFriday favorite autographed books. I found this beauty in a used bookstore (not City Lights) and aside from the fact that I lurve the poetry of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, I like to imagine that the "Allen" it's to is Allen Ginsberg. I have no proof, but I don't care.

brendanmleonard Have you thought about appraising/dating this? I think they can do a lot of testing with the ink and such to nail down a date😄 8y

Bkwurm @brendanmleonard Good idea! 8y

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