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Why should anyone be surprised at what the men "in power" are capable of --didn't every mad-Judas on...

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Collected Poems

Law & order embrace on hate's border.

Collected Poems

Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist.

Man is not to direct or to be directed anymore than a tree or a cloud or a stoneMan is not to rule o...

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Out of slavery, freedom --yes, & roses from the pig's behind.

Collected Poems

If the truth is inside,And the form is outside,What is the truth of sleep?

Collected Poems

Take taking from those that give & nobody anywhere will need any more such gifts.

I tell you that what has changed is the whole conception of human life- that men of every race on th...

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Modern scientific accomplishments" --a wealth of methods coupled with a poverty of intentions which,...

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Kenneth Patchen

Poet

Born: 1911-12-13

Died: 1972-01-08

Kenneth Patchen (13 December 1911 – 8 January 1972) was an American poet and painter.More