How to Paint Sunlight: Lyric Poems & Others (1997-2000)

This collection of recent poems is graced with a short introduction by the poet in which he says, "All I ever wanted to do was to paint light on the walls of life." For more than fifty years Ferlinghetti has been doing just thatilluminating both the everyday and the unusual, all the while keeping true to his original dictum of speaking in a way accessible to everyone. He has been, and remains, "One of our ageless radicals and true bards" (Booklist) and his voice is well-known in many places around the world. He was one of the two American poets (the other being John Ashbery) chosen to participate in the 2001 Celebration of UNESCO's World Poetry Day in Delphi, Greece, where he along with his international confreres each poetically addressed the Oracle.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 09/17/2002
ISBN: 9780811215213
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.00h x 6.38w x 0.34d

Review Citations: Kliatt 01/01/2003 pg. 24