"I may not tear into, I must bring back perfectly"
Oliver, Duncan, Range, Ignatow, Celan, Johnson
Mary Oliver:
Robert Duncan:
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Melissa Range:
David Ignatow:
Paul Celan (tr. from German by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh):
Blind Willie Johnson, “Dark Was the Night—Cold Was the Ground,” rec. December 3, 1927:
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