Consider those who have burned before you
.........in the so-white fire.
Crucible of Keats and Campana
...........Bruno and Sappho
.................Rimbaud and Poe and Corso
.....And Shelley burning on the beach at Viarreggio.
And now in the night
.....in the general conflagration
............the white light
............still consuming us
.......small clowns
............with our little tapers
............held to the flame.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
My Stories
Pure Submitted on August 15, 2008 - 19:36 | 97 reads
I Wanted Submitted on June 13, 2008 - 04:03 | 146 reads
The Swimming Hole Submitted on May 9, 2008 - 22:29 | 156 reads
Drawn Back Submitted on May 3, 2008 - 13:48 | 146 reads
Drop Down Submitted on May 3, 2008 - 13:44 | 119 reads
Splendid Isolation Submitted on April 3, 2008 - 18:00 | 161 reads
Hidden Submitted on April 3, 2008 - 17:58 | 123 reads
Cancer Submitted on March 29, 2008 - 03:58 | 175 reads
An Excursion Submitted on March 24, 2008 - 01:28 | 128 reads
The Reading Submitted on March 6, 2008 - 03:33 | 162 reads
The Voice Submitted on March 1, 2008 - 06:27 | 186 reads
How It Is I Write Submitted on March 1, 2008 - 06:24 | 119 reads
Poetry and Delirium: An Explanation Submitted on March 1, 2008 - 06:22 | 127 reads
The Poet In The Twenty-First Century Submitted on February 24, 2008 - 17:29 | 263 reads
Withheld Submitted on February 24, 2008 - 17:21 | 126 reads
An Imaginary Friend Submitted on February 22, 2008 - 04:07 | 248 reads
The Cage Submitted on February 22, 2008 - 01:19 | 149 reads
To Adri In Africa Submitted on February 22, 2008 - 01:07 | 136 reads
Another Evening Submitted on February 22, 2008 - 01:05 | 141 reads
I Must Protest Submitted on February 20, 2008 - 23:16 | 138 reads
The Gift Submitted on February 20, 2008 - 23:14 | 117 reads
Merriment Submitted on February 19, 2008 - 00:23 | 514 reads
Little Girl Lost Submitted on February 18, 2008 - 23:20 | 136 reads
Gravity Submitted on February 15, 2008 - 02:59 | 115 reads
That Being Said Submitted on February 8, 2008 - 23:45 | 162 reads
A Castrato Sings Submitted on February 8, 2008 - 23:43 | 147 reads
In An Enemy Country Submitted on February 8, 2008 - 00:55 | 134 reads
Who Paints Submitted on February 8, 2008 - 00:52 | 126 reads
Caravaggio Submitted on February 6, 2008 - 21:24 | 156 reads
Have You Ever Submitted on February 6, 2008 - 21:20 | 170 reads
The Basilica Of St. Denis Submitted on February 5, 2008 - 01:41 | 144 reads
Ashore Submitted on February 1, 2008 - 00:05 | 140 reads
The West Submitted on January 30, 2008 - 16:04 | 162 reads
Just Eight Lines Submitted on January 27, 2008 - 19:44 | 185 reads
A Man Needs Submitted on January 25, 2008 - 15:22 | 145 reads
To Dorothy Submitted on January 23, 2008 - 13:43 | 184 reads
Dark Days Ahead Submitted on January 22, 2008 - 21:30 | 207 reads
Down The Barrel Submitted on January 21, 2008 - 14:20 | 248 reads
The Coming Submitted on September 13, 2007 - 01:57 | 278 reads
