Robert Creeley - Myself

Robert Creeley - Myself

What, younger, felt br was possible, now knows br is not - but still br not changed enough - br br Walked by the sea, br unchanged in memory - br evening, as clouds br on the far-off rim br br of water float, br pictures of time, br smoke, faintness - br still the dream. br br I want, if older, br still to know br why, human, men br and women are br br so torn, so lost, br why hopes cannot br find better world br than this. br br Shelley is dead and gone, br who said, br 'Taught them not this - br to know themselves; br br their might could not repress br the mutiny within, br And for the morn br of truth they feigned, br br deep night br Caught them ere evening...


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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