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Robert Lax

Born

in Olean, New York, The United States

November 30, 1915

Died

September 26, 2000

Genre

Poetry, Spirituality

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Robert Lax (30 November, 1915 in Olean, New York – 26 September, 2000 in Olean) was an American poet, known in particular for his association with Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton. Another friend of his youth was the painter Ad Reinhardt. After a long period of drifting from job to job about the world, Lax settled on the island of Patmos during the latter part of his life. Considered by some to be a self-exiled hermit, he nonetheless welcomed visitors to his home, but did nothing to court publicity or expand his literary career or reputation. ...more

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	Poems (1962-1997) by Robert Lax, John Beer (Editor) 4.42 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circus Poems 4.29 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thing That is: New Poems 4.30 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Had a Compass: Journals and Poetry (Grove Press Poetry Series) 4.36 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	33 Poems (New Directions, 1434) by Robert Lax, Thomas Kellein (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hermit's Guide to Home Economics by Robert Lax, Paul Spaeth (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circus/Zirkus/Cirque/Circo: Circus of the Sun by Robert Lax, Alfred Kuoni (Translator), Chatherine Mauger (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1959 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	IN THE BEGINNING WAS LOVE: Contemplative Words of Robert Lax by Robert Lax, S.T. Georgiou (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fables 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pacificador by Robert Lax, Arnaldo Vila Pouca (Translator), Cátia Monteiro (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“because yes – he likes to 'write' – but to 'do' – to do a particular thing – perhaps on paper (perhaps on canvas – perhaps in stone – perhaps, perhaps in a musical score) – a thing that will stand, a thing that will bear (that will sustain) repeated contemplation: a thing that will sustain long contemplation, and that will (in a 'deep' enough way) reward the beholder.”
― Robert Lax, Love Had a Compass: Journals and Poetry

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“All that is necessary to be a saint is to want to be one. Don't you believe that God will make you what He created you to be, if you will consent to let Him do it? All you have to do is desire it.”
― Robert Lax

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“i do / not wish / to touch / thee, no: / i wish / to flow / within / thy veins / i wish / to flow / within / thy veins / i wish / to flow / within / thy veins”
― Robert Lax, Poems

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