"From a magician's midnight sleeve"
Ali, Creeley, Bishop, Szymborską, Strand
Agha Shahid Ali:
Robert Creeley:
Elizabeth Bishop:
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Wisława Szymborską (tr. from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak):
Mark Strand:
Grachan Moncur III, “Air Raid,” rec. 1963:
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I love the Strand one.
ah, I am reminded of WS Merwin's Air: "I remember the rain with its bundle of roads. / The rain taking all its roads. / Nowhere."
thank you for the Words.