In our time, they say there is no penalty for writing poems… - Muriel Rukeyser

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In our time, they say there is no penalty for writing poems.
They say this.
This is the penalty.

Muriel Rukeyser

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About Muriel Rukeyser

Muriel Rukeyser (15 December 1913 – 12 February 1980) was an American poet and political activist, most famous for her poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism.

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The scene of hope's ahead; look, April,
and next month with a softer wind,
maybe they'll rest upon their land,
and then maybe the happy song, and love,
a tall boy who was never in a tunnel.

In rewriting, I have tried always to strengthen the sound structure and to make a dense fabric, of sound, of fact, of reality and truth.

The fear of poetry is the fear.

In our time, they say there is no penalty for writing poems. They say this. This is the penalty. - Muriel Rukeyser

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