Today in #LaborHistory 10/3/1957: #California Superior Court ruled that Howl and Other Poems, by #AllenGinsberg, was not obscene. References to drugs & homosexuality provoked #obscenity charges. City Lights bookstore owner #LawrenceFerlinghetti & manager Shig Murao, were arrested for obscenity
October 3, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 10/3/1957: #California Superior Court ruled that Howl and Other Poems, by #AllenGinsberg, was not obscene. References to drugs & homosexuality provoked #obscenity charges. City Lights bookstore owner #LawrenceFerlinghetti & manager Shig Murao, were arrested for obscenity
📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 10 August 1955, the legendary #SanFrancisco independent bookseller and publisher #CityLights published its first book: the #poetry collection "Pictures of the Gone World" by co-founder and poet #LawrenceFerlinghetti.
August 9, 2026 at 11:27 PM
📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 10 August 1955, the legendary #SanFrancisco independent bookseller and publisher #CityLights published its first book: the #poetry collection "Pictures of the Gone World" by co-founder and poet #LawrenceFerlinghetti.
City Lights bookstore with the poem “Pity The Nation” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and its warning against tyranny displayed for all to see.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
City Lights bookstore with the poem “Pity The Nation” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and its warning against tyranny displayed for all to see.
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February 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"Printer's ink is the greater explosive." Lawrence Ferlinghetti
#lawrenceferlinghetti #thebeatmuseum ##sanfrancisco #poet #poetry #beatnik #journalism
#lawrenceferlinghetti #thebeatmuseum ##sanfrancisco #poet #poetry #beatnik #journalism
November 24, 2024 at 1:21 AM
"Printer's ink is the greater explosive." Lawrence Ferlinghetti
#lawrenceferlinghetti #thebeatmuseum ##sanfrancisco #poet #poetry #beatnik #journalism
#lawrenceferlinghetti #thebeatmuseum ##sanfrancisco #poet #poetry #beatnik #journalism
"Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces."
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
#LawrenceFerlinghetti #poetry #criticism #beatgeneration
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
#LawrenceFerlinghetti #poetry #criticism #beatgeneration
November 21, 2024 at 12:34 PM
"Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces."
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
#LawrenceFerlinghetti #poetry #criticism #beatgeneration
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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📱 | St. Paul, Minnesota (2026)
Faded Blooms and Living Fears
My spouse ran across this 1971 Ferlinghetti broadside she'd saved for posterity. There’s a haunting weight to seeing it. The years pass, but the warnings stay the same.
#PoetrySky #LawrenceFerlinghetti #History #Ephemera
Faded Blooms and Living Fears
My spouse ran across this 1971 Ferlinghetti broadside she'd saved for posterity. There’s a haunting weight to seeing it. The years pass, but the warnings stay the same.
#PoetrySky #LawrenceFerlinghetti #History #Ephemera
February 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
📱 | St. Paul, Minnesota (2026)
Faded Blooms and Living Fears
My spouse ran across this 1971 Ferlinghetti broadside she'd saved for posterity. There’s a haunting weight to seeing it. The years pass, but the warnings stay the same.
#PoetrySky #LawrenceFerlinghetti #History #Ephemera
Faded Blooms and Living Fears
My spouse ran across this 1971 Ferlinghetti broadside she'd saved for posterity. There’s a haunting weight to seeing it. The years pass, but the warnings stay the same.
#PoetrySky #LawrenceFerlinghetti #History #Ephemera
"We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒ Remembering American Beat Generation poet and publisher #LawrenceFerlinghetti, #BOTD 24 March 1919. #Poetry
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒ Remembering American Beat Generation poet and publisher #LawrenceFerlinghetti, #BOTD 24 March 1919. #Poetry
March 24, 2026 at 1:52 AM
"We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒ Remembering American Beat Generation poet and publisher #LawrenceFerlinghetti, #BOTD 24 March 1919. #Poetry
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒ Remembering American Beat Generation poet and publisher #LawrenceFerlinghetti, #BOTD 24 March 1919. #Poetry
"Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒️ Remembering #LawrenceFerlinghetti, American Beat poet ("Coney Island of the Mind"), painter, and publisher, who passed away #OTD 22 February 2021, aged 101. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒️ Remembering #LawrenceFerlinghetti, American Beat poet ("Coney Island of the Mind"), painter, and publisher, who passed away #OTD 22 February 2021, aged 101. #Poetry #Literature
February 22, 2026 at 4:42 AM
"Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒️ Remembering #LawrenceFerlinghetti, American Beat poet ("Coney Island of the Mind"), painter, and publisher, who passed away #OTD 22 February 2021, aged 101. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒️ Remembering #LawrenceFerlinghetti, American Beat poet ("Coney Island of the Mind"), painter, and publisher, who passed away #OTD 22 February 2021, aged 101. #Poetry #Literature
70th Anniversary 📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 10 August 1955, the legendary #SanFrancisco independent bookseller and publisher #CityLights published its first book: the #poetry collection "Pictures of the Gone World" by co-founder and poet #LawrenceFerlinghetti.
August 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
70th Anniversary 📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 10 August 1955, the legendary #SanFrancisco independent bookseller and publisher #CityLights published its first book: the #poetry collection "Pictures of the Gone World" by co-founder and poet #LawrenceFerlinghetti.
"We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒ Remembering American Beat Generation poet and publisher #LawrenceFerlinghetti, #BOTD 24 March 1919. #Poetry
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒ Remembering American Beat Generation poet and publisher #LawrenceFerlinghetti, #BOTD 24 March 1919. #Poetry
March 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒ Remembering American Beat Generation poet and publisher #LawrenceFerlinghetti, #BOTD 24 March 1919. #Poetry
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒ Remembering American Beat Generation poet and publisher #LawrenceFerlinghetti, #BOTD 24 March 1919. #Poetry
"Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒️ Remembering #LawrenceFerlinghetti, American Beat poet ("Coney Island of the Mind"), painter, and publisher, who passed away #OTD 22 February 2021, aged 101. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒️ Remembering #LawrenceFerlinghetti, American Beat poet ("Coney Island of the Mind"), painter, and publisher, who passed away #OTD 22 February 2021, aged 101. #Poetry #Literature
February 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone."
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒️ Remembering #LawrenceFerlinghetti, American Beat poet ("Coney Island of the Mind"), painter, and publisher, who passed away #OTD 22 February 2021, aged 101. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lawren...
✒️ Remembering #LawrenceFerlinghetti, American Beat poet ("Coney Island of the Mind"), painter, and publisher, who passed away #OTD 22 February 2021, aged 101. #Poetry #Literature
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Well, remember, Marx began his writing life as a Romanticist poet. (But don’t we all?) I have a collection of Marx’s poems that City Lights published in 1977, edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Reinhard Lettau. They’re—okay. Lol
#karlmarx #a24 #citylights #LawrenceFerlinghetti
Well, remember, Marx began his writing life as a Romanticist poet. (But don’t we all?) I have a collection of Marx’s poems that City Lights published in 1977, edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Reinhard Lettau. They’re—okay. Lol
#karlmarx #a24 #citylights #LawrenceFerlinghetti
November 18, 2024 at 3:33 AM
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Well, remember, Marx began his writing life as a Romanticist poet. (But don’t we all?) I have a collection of Marx’s poems that City Lights published in 1977, edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Reinhard Lettau. They’re—okay. Lol
#karlmarx #a24 #citylights #LawrenceFerlinghetti
Well, remember, Marx began his writing life as a Romanticist poet. (But don’t we all?) I have a collection of Marx’s poems that City Lights published in 1977, edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Reinhard Lettau. They’re—okay. Lol
#karlmarx #a24 #citylights #LawrenceFerlinghetti
“Think long thoughts in short sentences.” Happy Birthday #LawrenceFerlinghetti
March 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“Think long thoughts in short sentences.” Happy Birthday #LawrenceFerlinghetti
“The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication.”
Happy Birthday #LawrenceFerlinghetti
Happy Birthday #LawrenceFerlinghetti
March 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“The art has to make it on its own, without explanations, and it’s the same for poetry. If the poem or the painting has to be explained, then it’s a failure in communication.”
Happy Birthday #LawrenceFerlinghetti
Happy Birthday #LawrenceFerlinghetti
Bought this Ferlinghetti print from @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in San Francisco back in 2016. Sadly more relevant than ever.
“PITY THE NATION” a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (After Khalil Gibran) 2007.
#lawrenceferlinghetti #poetry #poem #screenprint #khalilgibran
“PITY THE NATION” a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (After Khalil Gibran) 2007.
#lawrenceferlinghetti #poetry #poem #screenprint #khalilgibran
January 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Bought this Ferlinghetti print from @citylightsbooks.bsky.social in San Francisco back in 2016. Sadly more relevant than ever.
“PITY THE NATION” a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (After Khalil Gibran) 2007.
#lawrenceferlinghetti #poetry #poem #screenprint #khalilgibran
“PITY THE NATION” a poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (After Khalil Gibran) 2007.
#lawrenceferlinghetti #poetry #poem #screenprint #khalilgibran
Lektüre für den Jahreswechsel.
#Poesie als rebellische #Kunst
#poetry #sukultur #lawrenceferlinghetti
#Poesie als rebellische #Kunst
#poetry #sukultur #lawrenceferlinghetti
December 17, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Lektüre für den Jahreswechsel.
#Poesie als rebellische #Kunst
#poetry #sukultur #lawrenceferlinghetti
#Poesie als rebellische #Kunst
#poetry #sukultur #lawrenceferlinghetti
City Lights gets ready for the coming invasion with banners and protest #poetry by their founder #lawrenceferlinghetti
Love Portland inflatables, Boston’s crowds, and LA and Chicago’s conviction, but one thing I know for sure is that #SanFrancisco can put on a show and knows how to protest
Love Portland inflatables, Boston’s crowds, and LA and Chicago’s conviction, but one thing I know for sure is that #SanFrancisco can put on a show and knows how to protest
SF institution hangs protest banners as federal agents are sent to Bay Area
"Pity the nation whose leaders are liars."
www.sfgate.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
City Lights gets ready for the coming invasion with banners and protest #poetry by their founder #lawrenceferlinghetti
Love Portland inflatables, Boston’s crowds, and LA and Chicago’s conviction, but one thing I know for sure is that #SanFrancisco can put on a show and knows how to protest
Love Portland inflatables, Boston’s crowds, and LA and Chicago’s conviction, but one thing I know for sure is that #SanFrancisco can put on a show and knows how to protest
Breakfast by Jacques Prévert | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/brea...
#JacquesPrevert #Breakfast #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes #Poems #FrenchPoetry
Translated from the French by #LawrenceFerlinghetti
#JacquesPrevert #Breakfast #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes #Poems #FrenchPoetry
Translated from the French by #LawrenceFerlinghetti
Breakfast by Jacques Prévert | Poems Rethabile Likes
Jacques Prévert's 'Breakfast' (translated by Lawrence Ferlinghetti) captures a silent morning ritual and the ache of a love left unspoken.
po-re-li.blogspot.com
May 31, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Breakfast by Jacques Prévert | Poems Rethabile Likes po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/05/brea...
#JacquesPrevert #Breakfast #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes #Poems #FrenchPoetry
Translated from the French by #LawrenceFerlinghetti
#JacquesPrevert #Breakfast #PoetryCommunity #PoemOfTheDay #PoemsRethabileLikes #Poems #FrenchPoetry
Translated from the French by #LawrenceFerlinghetti
July 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
PS: In my career as a feature writer & editor, interviewing #LawrenceFerlinghetti when he was to speak in the capital of #WestVirginia in 1995 was a highlight. The words of this ‘ageless radical’ about Republicans then are ever more true in 2025. PROFILE LINK: www.thestoryisthething.com/archives/569
February 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
PS: In my career as a feature writer & editor, interviewing #LawrenceFerlinghetti when he was to speak in the capital of #WestVirginia in 1995 was a highlight. The words of this ‘ageless radical’ about Republicans then are ever more true in 2025. PROFILE LINK: www.thestoryisthething.com/archives/569
‘There is still an angry god somewhere / giving us Hell.’
~ #LawrenceFerlinghetti, excerpt from ‘The Angry God’ (from ‘Over All the Obscene Boundaries: European Poems & Transitions,’ New Directions 1980)
#poetry #poem #beats
~ #LawrenceFerlinghetti, excerpt from ‘The Angry God’ (from ‘Over All the Obscene Boundaries: European Poems & Transitions,’ New Directions 1980)
#poetry #poem #beats
February 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
‘There is still an angry god somewhere / giving us Hell.’
~ #LawrenceFerlinghetti, excerpt from ‘The Angry God’ (from ‘Over All the Obscene Boundaries: European Poems & Transitions,’ New Directions 1980)
#poetry #poem #beats
~ #LawrenceFerlinghetti, excerpt from ‘The Angry God’ (from ‘Over All the Obscene Boundaries: European Poems & Transitions,’ New Directions 1980)
#poetry #poem #beats