"Diamonds on the stamens when the sun goes blind"
Hughes, Weil, Howe, Dickinson, Guest
Langston Hughes:
Simone Weil (tr. from French by Emma Craufurd):
Fanny Howe:
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Emily Dickinson:
She could not live / upon the Past / The Present did / not know her / And so she sought / this sweet at / last / And nature gently / owned her / The mother that / has not a Knell / for either Duke / or Robin
Barbara Guest:
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