Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s ‘Wild Dreams Of A New Beginning’

“The washed land awakes again to wildernessthe only sound a vast thrumming of cricketsa cry of seabirds high overin empty eternityas the Hudson retakes its thicketsand Indians reclaim their canoes. . .”Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. ‘Wild Dreams of a New Beginning.’ Poetry Soup.A poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, ‘Wild Dreams of a New Beginning’ describes a massive destruction of the current order and a return to the past. A poet, painter and activist, Ferlinghetti is best known in San Francisco as a founder and owner of City Lights Booksellers, a notorious headquarters for the Beat poets to convene and write. City Lights Booksellers is also best known as the publisher of works from famous authors such as Charles Bukowski, Neal Cassady and William S. Burroughs. Read the full text of ‘Wild Dreams Of A New Beginning’ here.