Dara Yen Elerath:
Ted Hughes:
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Elizabeth Bishop:
Kobayashi Issa (tr. from Japanese by R.H. Blyth):
Emily Dickinson:
Pink - small - / and punctual, / Aromatic - / low - / Covert in /
April - / Candid in // May - / Dear to the / Moss - / Known to the / Knoll -
Agnes Martin, “Flower in the Wind,” 1963:
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I absolutely love these. Interesting to see Bishop break “an” across a line.