"Have you no beginning and end?"
Dennis, Bly, Laméris, Padel, Sexton, Parker
Carl Dennis:
Robert Bly:
Danusha Laméris:
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Ruth Padel:
Anne Sexton:
Charlie Parker, “Bird Gets the Worm,” rec. December 21, 1947:
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