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Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972) was born in Niles, Ohio, in 1911. From the age of twelve, he kept a diary and read Dante, Homer, Burns, Shakespeare, and Melville. He attended Alexander [...]

It’s not enough That doom shall find us whole of hate And terror; valid ruin admires devotion Growing out of wonder that it lived At all. Can we admire and will the sport of clowns Performing in [...]