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PICTURES OF THE GONE WORLD: 25 by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: THE WORLD IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE
Last Line: BUT THEN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT %COMES THE SMILING %MORTICIAN

Poem Sources:

CITY LIGHTS POCKET POETS ANTHOLOGY.
  FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE (ED.)
  (1995)
 
ENDLESS LIFE.
  FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE
  (1981)
 
THESE ARE MY RIVERS; NEW & SELECTED POEMS, 1955-1993.
  FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE
  (1993)
 
PICTURES OF THE GONE WORLD. SECOND EDITION.
  FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE
  (1995)
 



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