Starting from San Francisco: Poetry

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Book Overview

The long poems of Starting From San Francisco present a new, quieter, more profound aspect of the poet. His original lyricism and caustic humor have been confronted, as it were, with the real presence of evil and death. "Starting from Paumanok... I strike up for a New World" wrote Walt Whitman in 1860. Starting from San Francisco, a hundred years later, Ferlinghetti roved back across the country (this "cradle we rocked out of") then turned south of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811200469
• ISBN13: 9780811200462
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

striking up for a new world

This very enjoyable read, marking a change in the poet's style and direction. Though it falters at points during the book, those points are few and far between. Profound!