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These Are My Rivers: New and Selected Poems, 1955-1993

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti · 1993

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Gathers poems from each period of the poet's career, including poems dealing with fame, memory, politics, love, travel, and poetry.

Setting
1990s
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 308 pages
Form
poetry

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