"But peers beyond her mesh"
Dickinson, Ko Un, Menashe, Bogan, Zagajewski
Emily Dickinson:
A Charm invests a / face / Imperfectly beheld - / The Lady dare not lift
her Vail - / For fear it be dispelled - / But peers beyond her / mesh -
And wishes - and denies - / Lest interview - annul a / want - / That Image - satisfies - / Emily
Ko Un (tr. from Korean by Clare You and Richard Silberg):
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