August 10, 2012
Friday Poem
What History Fails to Mention
What history fails to mention is
Most everybody lived their lives
With friends and children, played it cool
Left truth & beauty to the guys
Who tricked for bigshots, and were fools.
Gary Snyder
from Left Out in the Rain
North Point Press, 1986
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Comments
It's a wonderful poem, says so much in so few lines. Thank you for bringing it to us.
Posted by: oliviab | Aug 10, 2012 7:44:46 AM
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