"as the stony unbeliever might"
Merwin, Plutzik, O'Reilly, Duncan, Clarke
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W.S. Merwin:
CaitrÃona O'Reilly:
Robert Duncan:
Gillian Clarke:
Merwin and Plutzik offer soaring imagery that, at once, soothes and enervates. But the Robert Duncan -- ouch! -- sears the reader with a maternal relationship gone wrong. Powerful!
Loved to reread the Duncan, thanks.