| Ferlinghetti (1919 – 2021) “Am I the consciousness of a generation or just some old fool sounding off and trying to escape the dominant materialist avaricious consciousness of America?” - from his novel “Little Boy” “The greatest poem is lyric life itself." - Lawrence Ferlinghetti Lawrence is unfurling giddyup giddyup Ferlinghetti up Ferlinghetti up, up and away with his beautiful balloon sol unfurling from his physical body painting sunlight as he rides his horse into the sunset up, up and away his Coney Island mind now seen from a distance he constantly risked absurdity to show us the absurdities of the avarices of mine vs. yours perpetuated in the fine print of the Disunited Status of Avaricica showing us the voices of the common folk gathering in small groups to banter the lyrics of the day and night navigating by starlights his poems and paintings landing on their cool cat with nine lives feet his sol up, up and away in a beautiful air balloon Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is an essayist and resident poet at Axis of Logic, as well as a correspondent-poet for the WUSB 90.1FM radio segment “Radical Words”. In addition to his work as a writer and small press publisher, he travels a holistic mystic pathway staying in touch with Turtle Island. His website is here. ScribeVibe Blogpage © Copyright 2021 by AxisofLogic.com This material is available for republication as long as reprints include verbatim copy of the article in its entirety, respecting its integrity. Reprints must cite the author and Axis of Logic as the original source including a "live link" to the article. Thank you! |