Bob Kaufman, born on April 18, 1925, in Oakland, California, was a prominent American poet. His poetry is known for its unique rhythm and linguistic style, deeply influenced by postmodernism and African American culture.
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“i shall refuse to go to the moon, unless i'm inoculated, against the dangers of discriminate love.”
“For every remembered dream. There are twenty nighttime lifetimes.”
Source: Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
“I am not not an I, secret wick, I do nothing, light myself, burn.”
Source: Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
Source: Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
“My face is covered with maps of dead nations”
Source: Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
Source: Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
“The Church is becoming alarmed by the number of people defecting to God.”
Source: Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
Source: Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
“Sometimes when the wind is blowing in my hair, I cry because its coolness is too beautiful”
Source: Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
“I want to be anonymous . . . my ambition is to be completely forgotten.”