Excerpt from "Revolutionary Letter #4"
“
Left to themselves people
grow their hair.
Left to themselves they
take off their shoes.
Left to themselves they make love
sleep easily
share blankets, dope & children
they are not lazy or afraid
they plant seeds, they smile, they
speak to one another.
— Diane di Prima
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Left to themselves people
grow their hair.
Left to themselves they
take off their shoes.
Left to themselves they make love
sleep easily
share blankets, dope & children
they are not lazy or afraid
they plant seeds, they smile, they
speak to one another.
" in the context of "Excerpt from "Revolutionary Letter #4"" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Diane di Prima" (Quotes from Diane di Prima, Poetry, Revolutionary Letters)
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About Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima (6 August 1934 – 25 October 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Her magnum opus is widely considered to be Loba, a collection of poems first published in 1978 then extended in 1998.
About Diane di Prima
Diane di Prima (6 August 1934 – 25 October 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Her magnum opus is widely considered to be Loba, a collection of poems first published in 1978 then extended in 1998.
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