The modern sensibility attempts to drain the contents of experience; these Greek poets strive to state the fact so poignantly that it becomes an ever-flowing spring as Sappho says, "More real than real, more gold than gold.
Erotic love is one of the highest forms of contemplation. - Kenneth Rexroth
Erotic love is one of the highest forms of contemplation.
- Kenneth Rexroth
As Aristotle said, you have to be an aristocrat or a reactionary to write a good proletarian poem. - Kenneth Rexroth
As Aristotle said, you have to be an aristocrat or a reactionary to write a good proletarian poem.
I write for one and only one purpose, to overcome the invincible ignorance of the traduced heart. I wish to speak to and for those who have had enoug… - Kenneth Rexroth
I write for one and only one purpose, to overcome the invincible ignorance of the traduced heart. I wish to speak to and for those who have had enoug…
The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained. - Kenneth Rexroth
The meaning of life can be revealed but never explained.
There have always been those who, though they see tragedy as the outcome of freedom, will nevertheless judge that tragedy is not too high a price to … - Kenneth Rexroth
There have always been those who, though they see tragedy as the outcome of freedom, will nevertheless judge that tragedy is not too high a price to …
Perhaps this is what really happens in life to most good men. They are not crucified. They simply pass through life and then die, and their passing i… - Kenneth Rexroth
Perhaps this is what really happens in life to most good men. They are not crucified. They simply pass through life and then die, and their passing i…
Now I know surely and forever, However much I have blotted our Waking love, its memory is still there. And I know the web, the net, The blind and… - Kenneth Rexroth
Now I know surely and forever, However much I have blotted our Waking love, its memory is still there. And I know the web, the net, The blind and…
We have forgotten love, and Sat lonely beside each other. We have eaten together, Lonely behind our plates, we Have hidden behind children, We have s… - Kenneth Rexroth
We have forgotten love, and Sat lonely beside each other. We have eaten together, Lonely behind our plates, we Have hidden behind children, We have s…
It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudenc… - Kenneth Rexroth
It takes great labor to uncover the convincing simple speech of the heart. Poetic candor comes with hard labor, so even does impetuosity and impudenc…
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