Kenneth Patchen: Quotes about the world

Kenneth Patchen was American writer and poet. Explore interesting quotes on world.

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“You, the woman; I, the man; this, the world:
And each is the work of all.”

"The Character of Love Seen as a Search for the Lost" https://books.google.com/books?id=nWqxLP5e224C&pg=PR8&lpg=PR8&dq=%22The+Character+of+love+seen+as+a+search+for+the+lost%22&source=bl&ots=4ZdniiNiyY&sig=hTfUSoenYWoGsqwwbpmXhn0VRQU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjmhcPzsNfJAhXHbR4KHQ8GB7kQ6AEIUjAK#v=onepage&q=%22The%20Character%20of%20love%20seen%20as%20a%20search%20for%20the%20lost%22&f=false <br class="br">Variant: You, the village; I, the stranger; this, the road: <br> And each is the work of all.

“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.”

Kenneth Patchen

" The Temple http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-temple/"

“The animal I wanted
Couldn't get into the world…
I can hear it crying
When I sit like this away from life.”

Kenneth Patchen

"'The Animal I Wanted'"

“O my love my dear lady
The world is not very big
There is only room for our wonder
And the light leaning winds of heaven
Are not more sweet or pure
Than your mouth on my throat
O my love there are larks in our morning
And the finding flame of your hands
And the moss on the bank of the river
And the butterflies
And the whirling-mad
Butterflies!”

Kenneth Patchen

"'O My Love the Pretty Towns'"