The Secret Meaning of Things - Lawrence Ferlinghetti

A collection of six long poems by Beat Generation poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, combining lyrical intensity, political awareness, satire and surreal imagery. The poems explore subjects ranging from the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in Assassination Raga to psychedelic visions, Buddhist philosophy and Ferlinghetti’s travels through Moscow and the Russian steppes. A sharp, searching collection that finds strange significance in everyday life and the turbulence of the modern world.