Robinson Jeffers
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John Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) was an American poet who spent most of his life in Carmel, California in a stone tower he built with his own hands. His short verse includes Hurt Hawks, The Purse-Seine, and Shine, Perishing Republic. His intense relationship with the physical world is described in often brutal and apocalyptic verse and demonstrates a preference for the natural world over what he sees as the negative influence of civilization.

Quotes

"There is no reason for amazement: surely one always knew that cultures decay, and life's end is death." - "The Purse-Seine"

"When the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains." - "Shine, Perishing Republic"

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