Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Think long thoughts in short sentences.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The world is a beautiful place

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Decide if a poem is a question or a declaration, a meditation or an outcry.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I am waiting for the war to be fought

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The pennycandystore beyond the Elwith unreality

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

It was a face which darkness could killin an instant

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Poetry is the shadow cast by our imaginations.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I was the all-American boy, the Eagle Scout. I remember I was at my girlfriend's apartment, and there were these strange publications like The Nation and The New Republic. I started looking at them and thought, "Gee, this is weird; people saying things against America?" It was an awakening. On the East Coast, I'd never even heard of conscientious objectors.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti