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“Now I know surely and forever, However much I have blotted our Waking love, its memory is still there. And I know the web, the net, The blind and crippled bird. For then, for One brief instant it was not blind, nor Trapped, not crippled. For one heart beat the Heart was free and moved itself. O love, I who am lost and damned with words, Whose words are a business and an art, I have no words. These words, this poem, this Is all confusion and ignorance. But I know that coached by your sweet heart, My heart beat one free beat and sent Through all my flesh the blood of truth.”

Quote by Kenneth Rexroth

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Kenneth Rexroth

American poet, born on December 22, 1905, and died on June 6, 1982. Kenneth Rexroth is known for his unique poetic style and advocacy of free thought. more

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