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Dickinson, Murray, García Lorca, Moss, Wordsworth
Emily Dickinson:
had you pro- / tracted it, but / the sparrow must / not propound / his Crumb— / We shall find / the Cube of the / Rainbow— / Of that—there is / no doubt— / But the Arc / of a Lover’s / conjecture / Eludes the / finding out— / Confidingly, Emily
Les Murray:
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Federico García Lorca (tr. from Spanish by Jerome Rothenberg):
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