I just received the newest issue of Poets & Writers Magazine last week and I cannot believe my eyes. On the front cover is one of the best "beat" poets of all time, Lawrence Ferlinghetti. After going to City Lights Bookstore http://www.citylights.com/ in San Francisco 2 years ago, I haven't been able to stop reading him and other "beat" poets in general. I rank him right next to Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg , who happen to be my favorite "beat" poets of all time. If you want more of Ferlinghetti, you can see him live at the 92nd Street Y http://www.92y.org/ on Mon, Apr 16, 8:00pm. I already have tickets and cannot wait to finally hear some of his poems recited by the man himself.Here is one of his newest poems, enjoy:
BRAINWASHED POET
He dropped his pencil
He dropped his pencil
And picked up a bomb
And the pencil writing backward
Came to a point
And exploded as if it were loaded
With something worse than verse
And he was the first poet
To have his pencil shots
Ring through the night
And such a success was he
That they named him
National Poet of the Plutocracy
Destroying our democracy
Here are some "beat" books worth checking out:
poetry websites:
Poets & Writers Magazine: http://www.pw.org/
podcasts: http://www.pw.org/audio/
teachers guide: http://www.pw.org/mag/teachersguide/3.html
