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Mead, Rin, Thomas, Stevens, Snyder
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Jane Mead:
Ishigaki Rin (tr. from Japanese by Leith Morton):
Edward Thomas:
Wallace Stevens:
Gary Snyder:
Max Roach, “Cliff Walk,” rec. July 6, 1958:
Thank you for posting Jane Mead’s poem — her work continues to give. I believe Ishigaki Rin’s poem references Banzai Cliff on Saipan, north of Guam. Hundreds of Japanese civilians and soldiers jumped to their deaths to avoid American capture at the end of WWII. I’ve seen film footage — horrific.
All good. Nothing like Wallace Stevens.