Robert Bly reads poem about men and women

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October 27, 1994
Robert Bly - Reader
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Robert Bly reads poem about men and women.

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(00:00:00) Man wrong women because a woman wants a two things joined but the man wants sawn boards, he wants roads diverging and jackdaws flying heaven and earth parted women wrong, man, because the woman wants doves returning at dusk claude's folded and Giants sitting down at table. I mean by that that you know, there's Giants out there and the women said we'll teach him some manners and then say no we're just going to kill him. No, I'm easier. So there's a little difference in we haven't wrong men because the woman wants doves returning at dusk. Clothes folded and Giants sitting down at table one wants an eternal river which one and the other wants a river that makes its own way to the ocean.

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ROBERT BLY: Men are on women because a woman wants two things joined, but the man wants sawn boards. He wants roads diverging and jackdaws flying, heaven and Earth parted. Women wrong men because the woman wants doves returning at dusk, cloths folded, and giants sitting down at table. I mean by that that, you know, there's giants out there. And the women said, we'll teach them some manners. And the men say, no, we're just going to kill them, you know? It'd be easier. So there's a little difference here.

Women wrong men because the woman wants doves returning at dusk, cloths folded, and giants sitting down at table. One wants an eternal river. Which one? And the other wants a river that makes its own way through the ocean.

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