"Like spooks—a vapor from another time"
Herbert, Dixon, Dickinson, Brock-Broido, Thomas, Sekula
Zbigniew Herbert (tr. from Polish by John and Bogdana Carpenter ):
Melvin Dixon:
Emily Dickinson:
To break so vast a / Heart / Required a Blow / as vast - / No Zephyr felled / this Cedar straight - / 'Twas undeserved / Blast -
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Lucie Brock-Broido:
Dylan Thomas:
The heart is a bit sad on all four corners, when it’s such a clear fall day in the middle of summer and all is wide open + you hear that… —Sonja Sekula
“7-Levels,” (1958), ink and watercolor on paper
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