![]() ![]() And I am waiting for Aphrodite to grow live arms at a final disarmament conference.” He penned one of the single most popular books of poetry in print, served as San Francisco’s first poet laureate and won the National Book Award. “And I am waiting for Voznesensky to turn on with us and speak love tonight. And they have strange license plates and engines that devour America.” Lawrence Ferlinghetti was a poet, a painter, a publisher and a ceaseless political provocateur. “The scene shows fewer tumbrils, but more spaced-out citizens in painted cars. In 2007, he spoke to The Times about his life and legacy. ![]() Transcript The Last Word: Lawrence Ferlinghetti For more than 50 years, the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti kept the bohemian and beat spirit alive at his City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. ![]()
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