"I am becoming a horizon"

Kabir, Dickinson, Rukeyser, Strand, Celan

Kabir (tr. from Hindi by Robert Bly):

Emily Dickinson:

There comes a / warning like a / spy / A shorter breath / of Day / a stealing that / is not a / stealth / and Summer is / away— / There came / passed away / symptom that is / not a sound // + and Summers are away

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Muriel Rukeyser:

Mark Strand:

Paul Celan (tr. from German by Pierre Joris):

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