"if the voice is your voice"
Pagis, Wright, Szymborska, Adonis, Edson, Stevens
Dan Pagis (tr. from Hebrew by Stephen Mitchell):
C.D. Wright:
Wisława Szymborska (tr. from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak):
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Adonis (tr. from Arabic by Khaled Mattawa):
Russell Edson:
Wallace Stevens:
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That was a great gathering of poems this morning. Thank you!
I appreciate the rhythms Steven’s syntax makes.