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A great poet does not express his or her self he expresses all of our selves.

Gary Snyder

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Gary Snyder
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: May 8
Environmentalist
Poet
Trade Unionist
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San Francisco County
California
Gary Snyder
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All that we did was human, stupid, easily forgiven, Not quite right.
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Wildness is not just the preservation of the world, it is the world
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O, ah! The awareness of emptiness brings forth a heart of compassion!
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