"it sings a map-green ocean"
Larkin, Mueller, García Lorca, Hugo, Bourgeois, Moerman
Philip Larkin:
You must realize I’ve never had “ideas” about poetry. To me it’s always been a personal, almost physical release or solution to a complex pressure of needs—wanting to create, to justify, to praise, to explain, to externalize, depending on the circumstances. And I’ve never been much interested in other people’s poetry—one reason for writing, of course, is that no one’s written what you want to read.
Lisel Mueller:
Federico García Lorca (trans. William Jay Smith):
Richard Hugo:
Louise Bourgeois:
Ernest Moerman (trans. Samuel Beckett):
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