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Poem about the death of Abraham Lincoln Poet Laureate of the US, 2001-2003 Icon of the beat generation, died 1997 "Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage;" "If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty." "For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar." "He, who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright." Bukowski, a popular and prolific poet from Los Angeles was the subject of the film "Barfly". "When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns...When I was shown the charts and diagrams...I became tired and sick, till rising and gliding out...." Poem about the death of Abraham Lincoln Whitman served as a field nurse during the American Civil War Physician and poet, 1809-1894 Set to music by Ralph Vaughn Williams as part of his song cycle, "Songs of Travel". "they lay becalmed on the reflection of their Half Moon" "The Magellanic Clouds - Two phosphorescent amoebas overhead, and two in the bottomless water" "Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's a ware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over There'll be time enough to sleep." Canadian poet, novelist, critic, b. 1939 American poet and novelist, b.1937
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