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... hands in public . We excuse racism , sexism , homophobia - all the mindless violence of others - by refusing to make a personal issue of the problem . We lend a helping hand to the mugger when we 12 A POET'S WORK.
... hands in public . We excuse racism , sexism , homophobia - all the mindless violence of others - by refusing to make a personal issue of the problem . We lend a helping hand to the mugger when we 12 A POET'S WORK.
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... Hands " in his first book , he writes a poem which could easily pass as a good translation : Taking the hands of someone you love , You see they are delicate cages Tiny birds are singing In the secluded prairies And in the deep valleys ...
... Hands " in his first book , he writes a poem which could easily pass as a good translation : Taking the hands of someone you love , You see they are delicate cages Tiny birds are singing In the secluded prairies And in the deep valleys ...
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... hand . But they are doubly valued because they have come from people who believe as we do in the value and use of ... hands , to paraphrase Wendell Berry , that which is usually done poorly by many . We publish poetry because we learn ...
... hand . But they are doubly valued because they have come from people who believe as we do in the value and use of ... hands , to paraphrase Wendell Berry , that which is usually done poorly by many . We publish poetry because we learn ...
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The Necessity to Speak | 3 |
Orthodox Heterodox Paradox | 15 |
The Degradation of Money | 27 |
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