"Naked I Came. . ."

[Rybka]

O.K. people, I need your help. Many moons ago I read a poem, I thought it was by Lawrence Ferlenghetti, but I cannot find it by any web search engine.

The words I remember were "Naked I came, bearing a phallus through the wood of the world."
This sentence has always stuck with me. There are occasionally some phrases that you which you had created. This is one of mine! My problem is that I cannot find the work again and I really want to read it again.

Can you please help me find the original source?

Regards,                       Rybka

 

[WickedEve]

Some time and somewhere this year I read, "Naked I came, bearing a phallus through the wood of the world." I bet it's on one of the older threads here.

I did search the web and came up empty.

 

[WickedEve]

7-28 on the "I dare you to take your clothes off" thread, you posted, asking if anyone was familiar with that phase. So, I was right about seeing it before. lol

 

[beths-virtue]

still looking ..... ah the Beat poets!

i dont have coney island of the mind anymore, but, im telling you, it struck a chord with me , i think either in his coney island of the mind, or in his a new rockaway .... have you contacted city lights??? his bookstore in new yourk , & his publishing company , i would think gee , if anyone .....

 

[beths-virtue]

rybka, you owe me

ferlinghetti , book "Her", page 9 opening line ,

"I was Bearing a white phallus through the wood of the world,I was looking for some place to plunge it , a place to surrender it. Someone had been dragging the earth with a very small plow, about the size of a pocket comb,a tiny celluloid pocketcomb,such as children find in crackerjack boxes.


your welcome

 

[Rybka]

Kisses and Hugs; Kisses and Hugs!

ferlinghetti , book "Her", page 9 opening line ,

"I was Bearing a white phallus through the wood of the world,I was looking for some place to plunge it , a place to surrender it. Someone had been dragging the earth with a very small plow, about the size of a pocket comb,a tiny celluloid pocketcomb,such as children find in crackerjack boxes.


your welcome

Thank you Beth!
That must be it. I still remember it the way I quoted it, but unless Ferlinghetti likes to reuse metaphoric images (as I sometimes do.) then that must be the quote I have been bothered by.
How did you find it?

Regards,                       Rybka

 

[HomerPindar]

Yeah! dagnabit! cause I went to a number of search engines, not the mention Ferlenghetti web sites, in search of portions of this quote, which included "wood of the world," an image which I swore I myself had heard somewhere...

Damn..well done beth

HomerPindar