You're a romanticist. What do you think a man is, a papaya? To digest your dinner? In pill form? - William Carlos Williams

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I liked this because of the elimination of the essential in the composition. I cut it down and down, and down. This squeezed up to make it vivid.

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But the sea
which no one tends
is also a garden

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Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems · 1962 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

poetry sea poem ocean garden

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Падение, вызванное отчаянием,
И без достижений
Приводит к новому пробуждению:
Которое — возрождение отчаяния.

Чего мы не можем достичь,
Что запрещено нам любить,
Что потеряли мы в ожидании — За этим следует падение.

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Paterson · 1992 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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