We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the …

Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.
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I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder. ✨ Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1994). These are My Rivers: New & Selected Poems, 1955-1993, p.103, New Directions Publishing
I feel there is an angel in me' she'd say 'whom I am constantly shocking ✨ Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1994). These are My Rivers: New & Selected Poems, 1955-1993, p.67, New Directions Publishing
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We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

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