As a few of you know my favorite poet is Kenneth Patchen and I have on occasion posted of few of his works including a few of his painted books. His anti war material is very well known as it says in the little bit of bio I have copied here, but today I will post one of the wonderful poems he wrote for Miriam, his wife of many years. They were very much in love and his poems for her are truly beautiful.
Over the course of his career, which included about forty books, Patchen tried his hand at several types of poetry: concrete poetry, drama, prose, jazz, verse, and the anti-novel. He even published self-illustrated writings, in his own words, were "painted books." Henry Miller called Patchen "The Man of Anger and Light". In his lifetime, he produced many books and poems. His poetry on atrocities of war is especially remembered. ..
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