People who inspire you

[rayheinrich]

George Oppen and Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash:

__My Dream__

This is my dream,
It is my own dream,
I dreamt it.
I dreamt that my hair was kempt.
Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.


__Reflection On The Fallibility Of Nemesis__

He who is ridden by a conscience
Worries about a lot of nonscience;
He without benefit of scruples
His fun and income soon quadruples.



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George Oppen


__STREET__

Ah these are the poor,
These are the poor–

Bergen street.

Humiliation
Hardship . . .

Nor are they very good to each other;
It is not that. I want

An end of poverty
As much as anyone

For the sake of intelligence,
'The conquest of existence'–

It has been said, and is true–

And this is real pain,
Moreover. It is terrible to see the children,

The righteous little girls;
So good, they expect to be so good . . .