"here in middle air together"
Hardy, Beckett, Howe, Merwin, Tate
Thomas Hardy:
Samuel Beckett (tr. from French by Samuel Beckett):
Susan Howe:
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W.S. Merwin:
James Tate:
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I love thinking about absence and presence in Merwin’s poems.
the last line of the Tate poem - ah