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" The wild up here is not creatures, wooded,
tangled wild. It is absence wild.
Barren, empty, stone wild. Worn-away wild.
Only the smell of weeds and hot air.
But a place where differences are clear.
Between the mind’s severity and its harshness.
Between honesty and the failure of belief.
A man said no person is educated who knows
only one language, for he cannot distinguish
between his thought and the English version.
Up here he is translated to a place where it is
possible to discriminate between age and sorrow. "

Jack Gilbert


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Jack Gilbert quote : The wild up here is not creatures, wooded,<br />tangled wild. It is absence wild.<br />Barren, empty, stone wild. Worn-away wild.<br />Only the smell of weeds and hot air.<br />But a place where differences are clear.<br />Between the mind’s severity and its harshness.<br />Between honesty and the failure of belief.<br />A man said no person is educated who knows<br />only one language, for he cannot distinguish<br />between his thought and the English version.<br />Up here he is translated to a place where it is<br />possible to discriminate between age and sorrow.