Charles Olson - The Maximus poems (1953)

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This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water.

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Whatever you have to say, leave The roots on, let them Dangle And the dirt Just to make clear Where they come from.

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There are no hierarchies, no infinite, no such many as mass, there are only/ eyes in all heads,/ to be looked out of.

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I have had to learn the simplest things last. Which made for difficulties.

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

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What can we do
when even the public conveyances
sing?
how can we go anywhere,
even cross-town
how get out of anywhere

Charles Olson