{"id":115070,"date":"2022-09-22T14:34:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=115070"},"modified":"2022-09-22T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T19:35:02","slug":"lawrence-ferlighettis-the-changing-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=115070","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Ferlighetti\u2019s The Changing Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=115070\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=115070\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-115071 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lawrence-Ferlighetti-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lawrence-Ferlighetti-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lawrence-Ferlighetti.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>The changing light at San Francisco is none of your East Coast light,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>none of your pearly light of Paris<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>The light of San Francisco is a sea light, an island light<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>And the light of fog blanketing the hills drifting in at night<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>through the Golden Gate to lie on the city at dawn<!--more--><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>And then the halcyon late mornings<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>after the fog burns off and the sun paints white houses<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>with the sea light of Greece<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>with sharp clean shadows<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>making the town look like it had just been painted<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>But the wind comes up at four o\u2019clock<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>sweeping the hills<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>And then the veil of light of early evening<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>And then another scrim<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>when the new night fog floats in<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>And in that vale of light the city drifts anchorless upon the ocean<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Karen Beishuizen The changing light at San Francisco is none of your East Coast light, none of your pearly light of Paris The light of San Francisco is a sea light, an island light And the light of fog blanketing the hills drifting in at night through the Golden Gate to lie on the 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