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A poem is a ‘line’ between any two points in creation.

You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble...

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If he stays inside himself, if he is contained within his nature as he is participant in the larger ...

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As it is there isn't a single thing isn't an opportunity for some 'alert' person, including practica...

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O.K. I'm running out of appetite. Let this swirl— a bit like Crab Nebula— do for now.

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Charles Olson

Poet

Born: 1910-12-27

Died: 1970-01-10

Charles Olson (December 27, 1910 – January 10, 1970) was an influential American poet, credited as one of the thinkers who coined the term postmodern.More