I recalled when I worked in the woods and the bars of Madras, Oregon. That short-haired joy and roughness – America – your stupidity. I could almost love you again.
Gary Snyder Quotes
In ten thousand years the Sierras Will be dry and dead, home of the scorpion. Ice-scratched slabs and bent trees. No paradise, no fall, Only the weathering land The wheeling sky, Man, with his Satan Scouring the chaos of the mind. Oh Hell!
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| Birth: | 8th May, 1930 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Poet, Writer |
About
Gary Snyder is an American man of letters. Perhaps best known as a poet, he is also an essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. He has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology". Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. His work, in his various roles, reflects an immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature
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