"getting ready to go away and going away"
Mitchell, Oswald, Kurahara, Merwin, Clifton
Roger Mitchell:
Alice Oswald:
Shinjiro Kurahara (tr. from Japanese by Mariko Kurihara, William I. Elliott, Katsumasa Nishihara):
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W.S. Merwin:
Lucille Clifton:
Kenny Dorham, “The Fox,” rec. September 14, 1964:
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W.S. Merwin piece = Divine!