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One loves only form, and form only comes into existence when the thing is born.

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O.K. I'm running out of appetite. Let this swirl- a bit like Crab Nebula- do for now.

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Charles Olson

Charles Olson
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Born: December 27, 1910
Died: January 10, 1970 (aged 59)
Bio: Charles Olson was an influential American poet, credited as one of the thinkers who coined the term postmodern.
Known for:
  1. The Maximus poems (1953)
  2. Call me Ishmael (1947)
  3. Collected prose
  4. The Collected Poems of Charles Olson
  5. Muthologos
Most used words:
large, birth, dead, change, water, keep, message

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