Quote of the day
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives for ever,
That dead men rise up never;
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Sam Hamill

Born: September 5, 1943
Died: April 14, 2018 (aged 74)
Bio: Sam Hamill was an American poet and the co-founder of Copper Canyon Press along with Bill O’Daly and Tree Swenson. He is also the initiator of the Poets Against War movement, which he set up in response to the Iraq War.
Known for:
- The Erotic Spirit (1995)
- Habitation: Collected Poems (2014)
- Love Poems from the Japanese
- Avocations, On Poets and Poetry (2007)







