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Tag Archives: Ferlinghetti
Slapped Thighs, Bound Wrists
Clop de clop, scuffle along – seek us now – we lost
you dear, we suffocate. We kneel – we fear -
slapped thighs, bound wrists – suffer quietly among
the light – my moon. Continue reading
Posted in Allen Ginsberg, America, beat poetry, French Poetry, God, Gypsy, jack kerouac, leonard cohen
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, death, dreams, Ferlinghetti, Génération au Feu, jack kerouac, prayer, tom waits
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This Land of Which We Speak
Yeah I am gonna like this one because it’s full of beat and rhythm no matter how or why – as the man said to me earlier today “there are plenty downtown, go there” and wondered what he meant and … Continue reading
Posted in beat poetry, bible, Black History, devil, God, Gypsy Jazz, Hope
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Beat Generation, Beat poetry, Django Reinhardt, dreams, Ferlinghetti, imagination, jack kerouac, Jacques Prevert, Kathleen Brennan, leonard cohen, myths, poems, poetry, poets, politics, prose, random thoughts, the beats, tom waits, verse
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Bruises Upon Bruises
Let’s search the stars and find your life, beyond this street; your neighborhood. Find the thoughts once thought, the particulars of minds lay dormant – who no longer reach. Be friends with twinkles, the faded sheets; of life that separates … Continue reading
Posted in Allen Ginsberg, beat poetry, jack kerouac, Paris
Tagged alcohol, Allen Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, jack kerouac, trains
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Touches Tongues and Help Me Past
Spread yourself smooth and white, giving me access to your dreams – to your myths, beliefs – your expanded mind and godless experiences. Is it possible you walk among the deceased and see the composers? Do you touch their limp … Continue reading
Posted in beat poetry, child abuse, David Cronenberg, Gypsy
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Elephant Dreams, faith, Ferlinghetti, Jim Morrison, Last Request, Passing On, tom waits
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Mind Your Business It’s All Go Go
Amazon heats her burning waste, she’s tickling time with paint squint eyes. With a sinkhole grip of uncertain hold; she just babble talk babble, babble just blah, blah and blab. She dropped the room flat cold – down so down. … Continue reading
Posted in beat poetry, San Francisco Renaissance
Tagged boogie, Ferlinghetti, Sinkhole, tom waits
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Sleep Dreamer
draw my hands that glide on water… Continue reading
Posted in Albert Camus, Arthur Rimbaud, Spirituality
Tagged Albert Camus, Ferlinghetti, Jacques Prevert, Yortzeit
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Sacred Ponder
Inciteful… choosing time to ponder. Continue reading
Posted in Arthur Rimbaud, beat poetry, leonard cohen
Tagged Albert Camus, Ferlinghetti, inciteful, love, Serge Gainsbourg
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America the Beautiful
who demonized our little tap dancer; the Sermon Dream Continue reading
A Godless Experience
Where are the scars on your submissive hands; you never share. Continue reading
Posted in beat poetry, expatriates, Lost Generation
Tagged Allen Ginsberg, boogie, Ferlinghetti, tom waits
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