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The People

September 9, 2013 - Geoff Shōun O'Keeffe

Jul 17, 2023
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The People

Hua Shan Lu, Shanghai

Gary Snyder’s conclusion of “For the Children” is a complete prescription for humanity: “Stay together, learn the flowers, go light.”  Nothing is left out. There are no other politics.

Rain slick streets of Shanghai lie worn but resolute under two millennia of bare feet, sandals, hooves and wheels. The people run to work, h…

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