Blind Poet

I’ve never read Ferlinghetti‘s recent poems before: my knowledge of his work was limited to a few writings collected in a well known anthology edited by Fernanda Pivano during the 60′s. His understanding of growth surprised me even more than his mastery as a poet; then, having read “Blind Poet” (translated with English text on the left), I’ve just started his masterpiece “A Coney Island of the Mind“, one of the most read poetry books of the last Century.