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Quotes from In Defense of the Earth — Kenneth Rexroth

1905–1982 United States

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The holiness of the real
Is always there, accessible
In total immanence. The nodes
Of transcendence coagulate
In you, the experiencer,
And in the other, the lover.

In Defense of the Earth (1956)

All night I lay awake beside you,
Leaning on my elbow, watching your
Sleeping face, that face whose purity
Never ceases to astonish me.

In Defense of the Earth (1956)

In the star-filled dark we cook
Our macaroni and eat
By lantern light. Stars cluster
Around our table like fireflies.

In Defense of the Earth (1956)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Kenneth Rexroth (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.