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  <title><![CDATA[These Are My Rivers: New &amp; Selected Poems, 1955-1993]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lawrence Ferlinghetti]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 02 00:15:07 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ferlinghetti is good. I love his poems, &quot;The World is a Beautiful Place...&quot;  and &quot;Uses of Poetry.&quot; Also, the one that starts, &quot;It was a face which darkness could kill/ in an instant/ a face as easily hurt/ by laughter or light...&quot; ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't finish this yet; to me, the best poetry books are the ones that you never actually finish but every time you pick it up, you find something wonderful. This is definitely one of those books.    ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A- Ahhh, Ferlinghetti. He is a marvelous poet, and these poems are the kind that make you want to sit around all day and dream and wish you were around at the start of City Lights and during the Howl trial…a must for any Beat fans or Ferlinghetti fans.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection offers a good introduction to Ferlinghetti's work (which is, of course, terrific). Still, you'll probably want to skip the newer poems and head right to the good stuff at the back. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A nice way to be introduced to Ferlinghetti- the book give a good sampling of his writing, with plenty opportunities to dog-ear the pages to re-read later.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The former poet laureate of San Francisco and publisher of City Lights Books is also probably my favorite male poet, tied with Allen Ginsberg, of course. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A can't-miss introduction to this incomparable poet!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great collection of his poetry.]]></body>
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