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Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

About Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti was a Poet from United States (1919–2021).

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti lived from 1919 – 2021.
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