I am signaling you through the flames, inspired by Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem Poetry as Insurgent Art (I am signaling you through the flames) is a response to the poem’s call to action:

The state of the world calls out for poetry to save it.

If you would be a poet, create works capable of answering the challenge of apocalyptic times, even if this meaning sounds apocalyptic.

Ferlinghetti’s poem focuses our attention on the impending crisis and social issues that are "burning" around us. He uses the poem as a metaphor, a standard to rally the troops, particularly poets, urging them to use their words, and all artists to use our artistic voices now in answer to his challenge.