Joy Williams:
Juan Ramón Jimenéz (trans. from Spanish by Christopher Maurer):
Chinese figure (trans. by W.S. Merwin):
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin:
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René Char (trans. from French by Gustaf Sobin):
Lynda Hull:
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