(4 August 1913 – 25 February 1980 / Detroit)

poet Robert Hayden
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Monet's Waterlilies

Today as the news from Selma and Saigon
poisons the air like fallout,
I come again to see
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  • L Liekys (6/15/2010 2:39:00 PM)

    This is one of the most wonderful poems ever written. It's contrasting images and the emotional back-and-forth is really like life. It reminds me of the bit in 'Good Morning Viet Nam' in which 'What a Wonderful World' is playing over horrifying images of the war. Wish I could've known Mr. Hayden.

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