Fish Peddler and Cobbler

There is a famous Ben Shahn triptych at Syracuse University commemorating the tragedy of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Detail of Ben Shahn's Sacco and Vanzetti Panels, Syracuse U

 

Each day as I walk past it, I think of the poet Kenneth Rexroth who can be seen here reading his famous poem about the fish peddlar and cobbler:

  

 

Author: skuusisto

Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University

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