Happy birthday, Kenneth Rexroth (Dec. 22, 1905 – June 6, 1982)! #Poet. #Pacifist. #Anarchist. Wobbly (member of the Industrial Workers of the World). Conscientious objector during World War II. Soapbox speaker. Known as the “Father of the Beats” (though he rejected the association). Quotable quote: “I’ve had it with these cheap sons of bitches who claim they love poetry but never buy a book.” Buried in Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California.
~The Marginal Mennonite Society Heroes Series.
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We must act and dare the appropiateness and not whatever comes to our mind
not floating in the likelihood but grasp the reality as brave as we can be
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December 22, 2015 at 4:27 am
Maurizio
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