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Part II: Speaking to Others - Anarchist Poetry, Song, and Public Voice

He returns. From the white ship

He looks upon the deep blue austerity...

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Palpitating with fever and tension,

With daring escapes, with audacious leaps,

With hopes and magical futures …

—Virgilia d’Andrea, “Il Ritorno Dell’Esule [The Exile’s Return].”

This ocean, humiliating in its disguises

Tougher than anything.

No one listens to poetry. The ocean

Does not mean to be listened to.…

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… Aimlessly

It pounds the shore. White and aimless signals. No

One listens to poetry.

—Jack Spicer, “This Ocean, Humiliating In Its Disguises.”