"In the black depths of principle"
Clifton, Holub, Miłosz, Blake, Militello, Szymborską
Lucille Clifton:
Miroslav Holub (tr. from Czech by David Young and Dana Hábová):
Czesław Miłosz, December 8, 1980:
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William Blake:
Jennifer Militello:
Wisława Szymborską (tr. from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak):
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I actually wrote a poem on Job, too! 😀 http://www.juxtaprosemagazine.org/there-was-a-man-named-job-josette-akresh-gonzales/
Like a shot of naloxone! I can only sit here muttering the names of the poets, the ones I know, and the ones I don't, in a kind of stunned dumb amazed praise. Once again Sean, you help us face the day.