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.
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.
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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
Copies of the great #AllenGinsberg poem #Howl were seized by #UnitedStatesCustoms on #ThisDayInHistory in 1957, and #LawrenceFerlinghetti and #ShigeyoshiMurao of #CityLightsBooks were charged with obscenity. They were later acquitted and continued publishing #BeatGeneration work.
March 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Copies of the great #AllenGinsberg poem #Howl were seized by #UnitedStatesCustoms on #ThisDayInHistory in 1957, and #LawrenceFerlinghetti and #ShigeyoshiMurao of #CityLightsBooks were charged with obscenity. They were later acquitted and continued publishing #BeatGeneration work.
Today in #LaborHistory 3/25/1957: US #Customs seized copies of #AllenGinsberg #poem #Howl for #obscenity for explicit references to #homosexuality. #LawrenceFerlinghetti, publisher, also arrested.
#lgbtq #citylights #censorship #bannedbooks #books #writer #author #poet
#lgbtq #citylights #censorship #bannedbooks #books #writer #author #poet
March 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 3/25/1957: US #Customs seized copies of #AllenGinsberg #poem #Howl for #obscenity for explicit references to #homosexuality. #LawrenceFerlinghetti, publisher, also arrested.
#lgbtq #citylights #censorship #bannedbooks #books #writer #author #poet
#lgbtq #citylights #censorship #bannedbooks #books #writer #author #poet
“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.” —Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Happy birthday to one of the great beat poets and #indiebookstore owners of our time, #LawrenceFerlinghetti, born on this day (March 24) in 1919.
Happy birthday to one of the great beat poets and #indiebookstore owners of our time, #LawrenceFerlinghetti, born on this day (March 24) in 1919.
March 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
“Poetry is eternal graffiti written in the heart of everyone.” —Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Happy birthday to one of the great beat poets and #indiebookstore owners of our time, #LawrenceFerlinghetti, born on this day (March 24) in 1919.
Happy birthday to one of the great beat poets and #indiebookstore owners of our time, #LawrenceFerlinghetti, born on this day (March 24) in 1919.
“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
Today in #LaborHistory 3/24/1919: #Poet #LawrenceFerlinghetti was born. Wrote “A Coney Island of the Mind” (1958). Cofounded #CityLights #bookstore, #SanFrancisco. Arrested for publishing Howl, by #AllenGinsberg. Supported #anarchism & #IWW.
March 24, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Today in #LaborHistory 3/24/1919: #Poet #LawrenceFerlinghetti was born. Wrote “A Coney Island of the Mind” (1958). Cofounded #CityLights #bookstore, #SanFrancisco. Arrested for publishing Howl, by #AllenGinsberg. Supported #anarchism & #IWW.
"Your life is your poetry. If you have no heart, you'll write heartless poetry."
#LawrenceFerlinghetti was #BOTD in 1919 in Yonkers, NY. Influential American poet, painter, and co-founder of City Lights Bookstore. A central figure in the Beat movement. #Poetry
#LawrenceFerlinghetti was #BOTD in 1919 in Yonkers, NY. Influential American poet, painter, and co-founder of City Lights Bookstore. A central figure in the Beat movement. #Poetry
March 24, 2026 at 1:06 PM
"Your life is your poetry. If you have no heart, you'll write heartless poetry."
#LawrenceFerlinghetti was #BOTD in 1919 in Yonkers, NY. Influential American poet, painter, and co-founder of City Lights Bookstore. A central figure in the Beat movement. #Poetry
#LawrenceFerlinghetti was #BOTD in 1919 in Yonkers, NY. Influential American poet, painter, and co-founder of City Lights Bookstore. A central figure in the Beat movement. #Poetry
"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
#OTD #TDIH #March24, 1919: #HBD #LawrenceFerlinghetti! #Poets #Painters #Activists #Translators #ArtCritics #Narrators #Bookshopkeepers #PoetrySky
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=l11M...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The world is a beautiful place
YouTube video by Optic Nerve Ltd
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March 23, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Poema 26
[de «Un Coney Island mental» 1958]
En: pth.bz/7mTYIU0
Post by @locagonia
#LawrenceFerlinghetti #EscritoresMalditos
[de «Un Coney Island mental» 1958]
En: pth.bz/7mTYIU0
Post by @locagonia
#LawrenceFerlinghetti #EscritoresMalditos
March 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Poema 26
[de «Un Coney Island mental» 1958]
En: pth.bz/7mTYIU0
Post by @locagonia
#LawrenceFerlinghetti #EscritoresMalditos
[de «Un Coney Island mental» 1958]
En: pth.bz/7mTYIU0
Post by @locagonia
#LawrenceFerlinghetti #EscritoresMalditos
Died #otd Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), American poet, painter and social activist, 5 years ago today #LawrenceFerlinghettilife story...
February 22, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Died #otd Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), American poet, painter and social activist, 5 years ago today #LawrenceFerlinghettilife story...
"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
📱 | 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
Read an interview with Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti:
hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-the-beat-generation
#writingcommunity #interviews #AllenGinsberg #LawrenceFerlinghetti #MarinSorescu
hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-the-beat-generation
#writingcommunity #interviews #AllenGinsberg #LawrenceFerlinghetti #MarinSorescu
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Read an interview with Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti:
hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-the-beat-generation
#writingcommunity #interviews #AllenGinsberg #LawrenceFerlinghetti #MarinSorescu
hataaliinotes.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-the-beat-generation
#writingcommunity #interviews #AllenGinsberg #LawrenceFerlinghetti #MarinSorescu
This poem, Pity the Nation, I think captures this nation, the USA, very well.
#Poetry #LawrenceFerlinghetti
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#Poetry #LawrenceFerlinghetti
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Pity the Nation
YouTube video by Jerry Schlei
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November 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This poem, Pity the Nation, I think captures this nation, the USA, very well.
#Poetry #LawrenceFerlinghetti
youtu.be/lKCblAJtzgE?...
#Poetry #LawrenceFerlinghetti
youtu.be/lKCblAJtzgE?...
"Pity the Nation" #LawrenceFerlinghetti 2007
October 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Pity the Nation" #LawrenceFerlinghetti 2007
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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#PityTheNation
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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.
#LawrenceFerlinghetti
#PityTheNation
#CityLights
#Poetry
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#LawrenceFerlinghetti
#PityTheNation
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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."
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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