Kenneth Patchen quotes

The one who comes to question himself cares for mankind. (Kenneth Patchen)
Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we'd be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest part of the forest? View quote
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There are so many little dyings How do we know which one of them is death? View quote
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To leave the earth was my wish, and no will stayed my rising. Early, before sun had filled the roads with carts Conveying folk to weddings and to murders; Before men left their selves of sleep, to wander In the dark of the world like whipped beasts. View quote
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The animal I wanted Couldn't get into the world... I can hear it crying When I sit like this away from life. View quote
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Your lips have splashed my dull house with print of flowers My hands are crooked where they spilled over your dear curving. View quote
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As we are so wonderfully done with each other We can walk into our separate sleep on floors of music where the milkwhite cloak of childhood lies. View quote
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O my love my dear lady The world is not very big There is only room for our wonder And the light leaning winds of heaven Are not more sweet or pure Than your mouth on my throat O my love there are larks in our morning And the finding flame of your hands And the moss on the bank of the river And the butterflies And the whirling-mad Butterflies! View quote
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You, the woman; I, the man; this, the world: And each is the work of all. View quote
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You, the village; I, the stranger; this, the road: And each is the work of all. Then, not that man do more, or stop pity; but that he be Wider in living; that all his cities fly a clean flag... We have been alone too long, love; it is terribly late For the pierced feet on the water and we must not die now. View quote
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