"a flash of eyes & nerves"

Blake, Komunyakaa, Marvin, Borges, Young

William Blake:

Yusef Komunyakaa:

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Cate Marvin:

Jorge Luis Borges (tr. from Spanish by Harold Morland):

Kim Young:

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