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Quote by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change t

We have to raise the consciousness the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace. – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making. – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Death
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that theyd been kept in the dark by the United States government as to what atomic bombs can do. – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Just because everything is different doesnt mean anything has changed. – Irene Peter

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