"knives within myself"
Lowell, Swenson, Wetzsteon, Frost, Dickinson
Robert Lowell:
May Swenson:
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Rachel Wetzsteon:
Carol Frost:
Emily Dickinson:
with the Blue Birds / buccaneering / On his British sky // yearns no more / for that Peninsula.
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"The Blue Bottle," wow!!! I love concrete poems too.
Oh wow the blue bottle poem surprised the heck out of me. That's so cool. Really takes skill to do that kind of concrete poem without sacrificing a bit of quality.