"Advocate the Azure / To the lower Eyes—"
Nordgren, Kouwenaar, Dickinson, Hyesoon, Alomar
Sarah Rose Nordgren:
Gerrit Kouwenaar (tr. from Dutch by Lloyd Haft):
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Emily Dickinson:
Launch it/ Lift it—with the Feathers / Not alone we fly— / Launch it—the aquatic / Not the only sea— / Advocate the Azure / To the lower Eyes— / He has obligation / Who has Paradise—
Kim Hyesoon (tr. from Korean by Don Mee Choi):
Osama Alomar (tr. from Arabic by C.J. Collins and Osama Alomar):
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