Thursday, March 17, 2022

We Write Our Words in Order to Give them Away - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

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We Write Our Words in Order to Give Them Away

 

Only connect

 

-Evelyn Waugh

 

All literature is world literature

A culture that hugs itself to itself

And refuses to share and share alike

Consumes itself in a closed loop, and dies

 

A mother sings to see her baby smile

A farmer whistles as he follows the plow

A poet speaks to hear her words aloud

A seaman chants his strength against the wind

 

All workers in all languages create -

All literature is world literature

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