A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems.
-- George Oppen
   
George Oppen   Name:
George Oppen
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
American
Birth:
April 24, 1908
Death:
July 7, 1984
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