A society in motion, with many overlapping groups, in their… - Muriel Rukeyser

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A society in motion, with many overlapping groups, in their dance. And above all, a society in which peace is not lack of war, but a drive toward unity.

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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In words that are green-edged red leaves :

Flower flower flower flower
Today for the sake of all the dead

Burst into flower

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"rolls me over on my left side;
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