Rod McKuen

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Rodney Marvin "Rod" McKuen (April 29, 1933 - January 29, 2015) was a best-selling American poet, composer, and singer, instrumental in the revitalization of popular poetry that took place in the 1960s and early 1970s. Born in Oakland, California, McKuen ran away from home at the age of eleven to escape an alcoholic stepfather and to send what money he could to his mother. After a series of jobs, from lumberjack, ranch hand, railroad worker to rodeo cowboy <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rod

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5 total works indexed

1. <scp>genalex</scp> 6: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research

   · 2005 · cited 12,110x

2. GenAlEx 6.5: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research—an update

   · 2012 · cited 9,780x

3. A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests

   · 2010 · cited 6,466x

4. Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

   · 2017 · cited 5,480x

5. A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

   · 2008 · cited 5,382x

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Quotes

• “As friends and as musical collaborators we had traveled, toured and written — together and apart — the events of our lives as if they were songs, and I guess they were. When news of Jacques’ death came I stayed locked in my bedroom and drank for a week. That kind of self pity was something he wouldn’t have approved of, but all I could do was replay our songs (our children) and ruminate over our unfinished life together.”
• “Jean, Jean, roses are red All the leaves have gone green And the clouds are so low You can touch them, and so Come out to the meadow, Jean.”
• “Jean, Jean, you're young and alive Come out of your half-dreamed dream And run, if you will, to the top of the hill Open your arms, bonnie Jean.”
• “Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife; Without you I'd have had a lonely life. You cheated lots of times but then, I forgave you in the end Though your lover was my friend.Adieu, Francoise, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky. Now that spring is in the air With your lovers ev'rywhere, Just be careful; I'll be there.”
• “We have only love, to offer as a prayer, for all the wrongs in the world. So... like singing troubadours we’ll go, singing love wherever we go.”
• “We have only love, to help us find our way, as we go out into the world. So... like laughing children we’ll go singing love wherever we go.”

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