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Dialogues with Rising Tides

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Kelli Russell Agodon
Kelli Russell Agodon

Kelli Russell Agodon is an American poet born in 1969. Her poetry is celebrated for its unique style and profound emotional expression. Agodon's works often explore themes of personal experience, nature, and the human condition. more

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“I am a lonely man," he said again that evening. "And is it not possible that you are also a lonely person? But I am an older man, and I can live with my loneliness, quietly. You are young, and it must be difficult to accept your loneliness. You must sometimes want to fight it. [...] Youth is the loneliest time of all. Otherwise why should you come so often to my house?" Sensei continued: "But surely, when you are with me, you cannot rid yourself of your loneliness. I have not it in me to help you forget it. You will have to come elsewhere for the consolation you seek. And soon, you will find that you no longer want to visit me." As he said this, Sensei smiled sadly.”