This isn’t my favorite poem, or even my favorite Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem, but Coney Island of the Mind was the first book of poetry I ever received as a gift (from Dave Reamer, in high school). This is an excerpt from I Am Waiting, and it seems prescient. I am waiting for my number to …
Month: April 2018
April is National Poetry Month, and while I am by no means a poet, I want to celebrate. This month, I’ll post some poems I’ve written in my life and also some poems that I love. I can’t promise I’ll do it every day, but here’s the first one. (And have a blessed Passover or …