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Muriel Rukeyser was an American poet known for her innovative use of language and her exploration of social and political themes. Born on December 15, 1913, she was a prominent figure in the literary world, particularly during the mid-20th century. Rukeyser's work often reflected her deep engagement with the human condition and her commitment to social justice.

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“the truth of a poem is its form and its content, its music and its meaning are the same.”

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“The process of writing a poem represents work done on the self of the poet, in order to make form.”

Writing Self Done Form Order Process Poet Work Done

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“The heavy sensual shoulders, the thighs, the blood-born flesh and earth turning into color, rocks into their crystals, water to sound, fire to form: life flickers uncounted into the supple arms of love.”

Earth Form Sound Water Born Fire Blood Rocks Color Arms Heavy Flesh Shoulders Sensuality Sensual Crystals Thighs Flicker Supple

Book:Out of silence: selected poems

Source: Out of silence: selected poems

“The 'idea' for the poem, which may come as an image thrown against memory, as a sound of words that sets off a traveling of sound and meaning, as a curve of emotion (a form) plotted by certain crises of events or image or sound, or as a title which evokes a sense of inner relations; this is the first 'surfacing' of the poem. Then a period of stillness may follow.”

Firsts May Ideas Form Certain Sound Memories Emotion Events Periods Relation Crisis Titles Thrown Stillness Curves Evoke

Author:Muriel Rukeyser

About the Author

Born: December 15, 1913
Died: February 12, 1980
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 72

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