This collection of recent poems is graced with a short introduction by
the poet in which he says, All I ever wanted to do was to paint light on
the walls of life. For more than fifty years Ferlinghetti has been doing
just thatilluminating both the everyday and the unusual, all the while
keeping true to his original dictum of speaking in a way accessible to
everyone. He has been, and remains, One of our ageless radicals and true
bards (Booklist) and his voice is well-known in many places around the
world. He was one of the two American poets (the other being John
Ashbery) chosen to participate in the 2001 Celebration of UNESCO's World
Poetry Day in Delphi, Greece, where he along with his international
confreres each poetically addressed the Oracle.