"a magnetic mist"

Blanchfield, Pinsky, Harvey, Valentine, Cavafy, Ali

Brian Blanchfield:

Robert Pinsky:

Matthea Harvey:

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Jean Valentine:

C.P. Cavafy (tr. from Greek by Rae Dalven):

Agha Shahid Ali:

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