"free flight into the worldless"
Kim, Dove, Ostriker, Rosetti, Whitman
Kim Hyesoon (tr. from Korean by Don Mee Choi):
Rita Dove:
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Alicia Ostriker:
Dante Gabriel Rosetti:
Walt Whitman:
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The simile in Rita Dove's second stanza 'serene as a stealth bomber nosing through clouds' is for this reader as good as it gets.
In addition, she manages to strengthen that image right through to the end without becoming heavy handed.
Thank you, Sean.
Samm