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" You’ve left a lot out
Being in doubt
you left
it out

Your mother
Aunt Bernice
in Nokomis
to the west

and south (?)
in trailer park
Dead now for years
as one says

You’ve left
them out
David
your son

Your friend
John
You’ve left
them out

You thought
you were writing
about
what you felt

You’ve left it out
Your love
your life
your home

your wife
You’ve
left her
out

No one is one
No one’s alone
No world’s that small
No life

You left it out "

Robert Creeley , Selected Poems, 1945–2005


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Robert Creeley quote : You’ve left a lot out<br />Being in doubt<br />you left<br />it out<br /><br />Your mother<br />Aunt Bernice<br />in Nokomis<br />to the west<br /><br />and south (?)<br />in trailer park<br />Dead now for years<br />as one says<br /><br />You’ve left<br />them out<br />David<br />your son<br /><br />Your friend<br />John<br />You’ve left<br />them out<br /><br />You thought<br />you were writing<br />about<br />what you felt<br /><br />You’ve left it out<br />Your love<br />your life<br />your home<br /><br />your wife<br />You’ve<br />left her<br />out<br /><br />No one is one<br />No one’s alone<br />No world’s that small<br />No life<br /><br />You left it out