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‪He had these poems within him; he rearranged his life in such a way to match the poems inside him longing to come out.‬ ‪— talking to Breanne Mc Ivor about Robert Lax, the writing life, my latest book and more in Maco People https://macopeople.com/people/andre-bagoo-for-the-love-of-language/ PHOTO BY BREANNE MC IVOR.‬ (at Queen's Park Savannah)

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Robert Lax : sag´s ihnen nur, goldfisch, du bist rumgekommen in deinem globus ---------- you tell´em, goldfish, you been around the globe #robertlax #lyric #lyrik #poetry #minimalism #globetrotter

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Morning, poem by Robert Lax...back to beginnings. #robertlax #inthebeginningwaslove

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Happy 100th birthday, ROBERT LAX! For the centennial celebration, we're offering a 40% DISCOUNT on his most recent selected, POEMS (1962-1997). This sale ends of Friday, so don’t sit on it too long!

Poems (1962-1997) gathers 35 years of ROBERT LAX’s work, rarely published and largely composed in solitude on the island of Patmos. Compiled and edited by the poet’s former assistant JOHN BEER, this selection reflects–through meditative sequences in striking vertical columns–Lax’s rigorous attention to the world around him, and his relentless aspiration to new ways of writing. The New York Times called Lax one of "America's greatest experimental poets, a true minimalist who can weave awesome poems from remarkably few words."

Handwritten notes and poems by Robert Lax, courtesy of the Lax archives at St. Bonaventure University.

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they / went / through / lit / er / a / ture // & // win / now / ‘d / it / a / gain // for / works // that / would / help / peo / ple // live // live / long // for / one / thing // live / well // for / an / other // & / as / near / ly / as / pos / si / ble // to / know / what / they / were / do / ing // as / they / lived

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