"Here's the small gasp"
Tzara, Armantrout, Dickinson, Hugo, Bronk, Tsunetomo
Tristan Tzara (tr. from French by Michael Benedikt):
Rae Armantrout:
Emily Dickinson:
Go thy great / way! / The Stars / thou meetst / Are even as / Thyself - / For what are
Stars but / Asterisks / To point a / human Life? / E. Dickinson, with Love
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Richard Hugo:
William Bronk:
Yamamoto Tsunetomo (tr. from Japanese by William Scott Wilson):
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Armantrout: I love her works overall. On this one the direct song lyrics are loud in my head and I’m not able to connect a coming of age film with the poem. But some days we are better readers than others, so I’ll try again later.
Bronk: I love the rhythms in the second stanza.