Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1986; 2002; ’03; ’06; ’14
Thursday, October 17, 2002
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Sunday, June 26 2006
Thursday, October 2, 2014
The dove-white gulls
on the wet lawn in Washington Square
in the early morning fog
each a little ghost in the gloaming
– Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “I Genitori Perduti”
Listen to Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s 2002 reading at the Poetry Center of Chicago:
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Vintage poster of Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s reading at the Poetry Center of Chicago.
I am waiting for my case to come up
and I am waiting
for a rebirth of wonder
and I am waiting for someone
to really discover America
and wail
– Lawrence Ferlinghetti, “I Am Waiting”

Audio recording of the Poetry Center Reading Series featuring Billy Collins, Andrei Codrescu, Ron Padgett, Lucille Clifton, Mark Perlberg, Li-Young Lee, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Anne Waldman, Yusuf Komunyakaa, Lisel Mueller, Ted Kooser, Paul Carroll, Jorie Graham, and Paul Hoover.
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