"alloyed with laurel, laureled with mineral"
Shepherd, Ryuichi, Blake, Thomas, Clifton
Reginald Shepherd:
Tamara Ryuichi (tr. from Japanese by Takako Lento):
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William Blake:
Dylan Thomas:
Lucille Clifton:
Ken Nordine, “Green,” rec. 1966:
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💚 & the Shepherd poem especially