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SOME LIKE HEMINGWAY
Some
like Hemingway
unable to accept
living life
at a lesser pace
end it
at their own hands
while others
cling to life
long after
life has lost
all meaning
dead
long before
they leave this world.
Some
like Hemingway
unable to accept
living life
at a lesser pace
end it
at their own hands
while others
cling to life
long after
life has lost
all meaning
dead
long before
they leave this world.
They tell me that Hemingway
They tell me that Hemingway beat up the poet T S Eliot when they were young men at college, and that, later, in 1939, he beat up the poet Wallace Stevens, who was then sixty years old, because a remark Stevens had made had caused Hemingway's sister to cry. Out of respect for those who admire him, I will not make a comment about his ultimate end.
Starward
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This poem has little to do with Hemingway. It is about how people deal with old age. Hemingway was just an example which I used because of his notoriety. I could just as well used Robin Williams or Anthony Bourdain as the example. Stephen
some would argue that
some would argue that Hemmingway and HST acted with courage at the end. I'll refrain from taking any side.
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In accord with your comment, I was only making an observation. Stephen