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James Merrill
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thumb|Always that same old story—Father Time and Mother Earth,A marriage on the rocks.
James Ingram Merrill (March 3, 1926 – February 6, 1995) was an American poet.
Quotes
Always that same old story—Father Time and Mother Earth,A marriage on the rocks.
"The Broken Home" (1966)
Since it had never truly fit, why wearThe shoe of prose? In verse the feet went bare.
"The Book of Ephraim" (1976)
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Category:1926 births
Category:1995 deaths
Category:Pulitzer Prize winners
Category:Poets from the United States
Category:Memoirists from the United States
Category:Gay poets
Category:People from New York City
Category:Formalist poets