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Born in 1925 / Died in 1965 / United States / English

Poems by Jack Spicer

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Fifteen False Propositions Against God - Section XIII

... and all the fountains polluted and you are still alive waiting ...

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Fifteen False Propositions Against God - Section XIV

... going on a picnic together when they were all students at the ...

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Concord Hymn

... Bewildered by its blue without any thought of water ...

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A Second Train Song for Gary

... Admit this much—that they were kind to strangers ...

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Five Poems From “Helen: A Revision”

... to deceive you [or me for that matter] but because they have been paid in love or coin to be players ...

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[Letter to Gary Bottone]

... (and I think you knew that it was no surprise or you would have tried to break the news more gently) ...

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“Any fool can get into an ocean . . .”

... They look so eager and peaceful playing out there where the ...

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A Poem For Dada Day At The Place April 1, 1958

... II It is not easy to remember that other people died ...

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“Imagine Lucifer . . .”

... An apple Plucked clear by will of taste, color, ...

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[Response to the Loyalty Oath]

... helped to generate, are not Communists and dislike the oath for the same reason we dislike Communism ...

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Helen: A Revision

... to deceive you [or me for that matter] but because they have been paid in love or coin to be players ...

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A Red Wheelbarrow

... Not, I mean, the dogs and crocodiles, sunlamps ...

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For Mac

... Representing the jokes we did not tell each other ...

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Thing Language

... The ocean Does not mean to be listened to ...