"Helen of Colorado"
Dickinson, Kafka, Martin, Tranströmer, Merwin, Dvořák
Emily Dickinson:
Helen of Troy / will die, but / Helen of Colorado / never / Dear friend, can / you walk were the last / words that / I wrote her-- / Dear friend I / can fly -- / her / immortal / soaring reply --
Franz Kafka:
Agnes Martin:
Tomas Tranströmer (trans. Robin Fulton):
W.S. Merwin:
Dvořák, re Brahms:
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