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Born on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies, brought up in the Kansas Flint Hills, retired from Missouri University of Science & Technology.

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Forty years ago, I taught a number of college-credit courses in the Missouri prison system. The poem below comes from the experience of attending commencement exercises in which inmates were awarded GED and vocational certificates and recognized for college work. It was the one "square" visit inmates could have, mingling with their families.

Commencement Exercises at MSP, Oct. 69

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Published on December 13, 2012 10:40 • Tags: eugene-warren, jazz, poem, prison-commencement, prison-education

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	Geometries of light (The Wheaton literary series) by Eugene Warren, Gene Doty (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1981	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
	Christographia, 1-32: Poems by Eugene Warren, Gene Doty (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1977	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
	Violence, Utopia and the Kingdom of God: Fantasy and Ideology in the Bible by George Aichele (editor), Tina Pippin (Editor), Roland Boer (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1998 — 11 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
	КУШ ТИЛИ by Azam Avbidov (Anthologist), Daniel Frini (Goodreads Author), Agnes Lam it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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	Zero: Thirty Ghazals 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999	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
	The Similitudes and other poems by Eugene Warren, Gene Doty (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1983	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
	Eugene Warren & Elias Chiasson: [selections] by Eugene Warren, Gene Doty (Goodreads Author), Elias Chiasson (Author of second half.) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1980	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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Gene said: " I've read most of these poems before but in individual collections. At this point, I value Kerouac's poetry more than his novels. His freedom, honesty, and play with words are appealing. If and when I finish this volume, I'll post more of a review, a ...more "

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