Kenneth Patchen Quotes
d. 1972 United States
Kenneth Patchen (13 December 1911 – 8 January 1972) was an American poet and painter.
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- Poets
Also known as: Patchen, Kenneth
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You, the woman; I, the man; this, the world:
And each is the work of all.
You, the sought for; I, the seeker; this, the search:
And each is the mission of all.
You, the village; I, the stranger; this, the road:
And each is the work of all.
Have you wondered why all the windows in heaven were
broken?
Have you seen the homeless in the grave of God's
hand?
Do you want to acquaint the larks with the fatuous
music of war?
The animal I wanted
Couldn't get into the world...
I can hear it crying
When I sit like this away from life.
Your lips have splashed my dull house with print of flowers
My hands are crooked where they spilled over your dear
curving
To leave the earth was my wish, and no will stayed my rising.
Early, before sun had filled the roads with carts
Conveying folk to weddings and to murders;
Before men left their selves of sleep, to wander
In the dark of the world like whipped beasts.
As we are so wonderfully done with each other
We can walk into our separate sleep
on floors of music where the milkwhite cloak of childhood
lies