The speaker of one poem in this collection claims, "I have slept with beauty / in my own weird way / and I have made ahungry scene or two / with beauty in my bed," after initially asserting, "I have not lain with beauty all my life."
The speaker of one poem in this collection claims, "I have slept with beauty / in my own weird way / and I have made ahungry scene or two / with beauty in my bed," after initially asserting, "I have not lain with beauty all my life." The speakerrefrains "I am leading a quiet life / in Mike's Place every day" in a poem from this collection titled "Autobiography." Thespeaker parodies Yeats saying, "I must arise and go now / to the Isle of Man is free" in a poem from it that is constantly interruptedby the interjection "Junk for sale!" Another poem in this collection compares the poet to "an acrobat / [who] climbson rime / to a high wire of his own making" because both of them are "Constantly risking absurdity / and death / Wheneverhe performs." Its second section begins with "Junkman's Obbligato," whereas its best known poem describes "exactly themoment" when the "people of the world . . . fiÂrst attained the title of / ... suffering humanity."' It was published Âfive yearsafter its author founded City Lights Bookstore. For 10 points, name this poetry collection whose Âfirst poem begins, "In Goya'sgreatest scenes," written by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
The speaker of one poem in this collection claims, "I have slept with beauty / in my own weird way / and I have made ahungry scene or two / with beauty in my bed," after initially asserting, "I have not lain with beauty all my life."
A Coney Island of the Mind