"green fire between them"
Zagajewski, Valentine, Rilke, Jōsō, Niedecker, Clifton
Adam Zagajewski (trans. from Polish by Beata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry, and C.K. Williams):
Jean Valentine:
Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. from German by Stephen Mitchell):
Jōsō (trans. from Japanese by R.H. Blyth):
Lorine Niedecker:
Good deed, my / love. The ele- / meant of folk- / time. Nerves / are my past / monogamy, / said her arms / going farther. / Rock me out.
Lucille Clifton:
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