“Show me the place.”
Duke Senior
in As You Like It (2.1)
66: Gardiner, Maine; March 19, 2003
This is the town where Robinson*
Grew up—where he began to write.
He labored hard—got each word right—
And borrowed light from moon and sun.
And in a small park in the town
There stands a stone to honor him.
His final days had been so grim,**
But he had earned his great renown.***
*Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1869–1935
**death to cancer in NYC
***he would win 3 Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry
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