"Low the sound"
Kelly, Howe, Dickinson, Zagajewski, George
Brigit Pegeen Kelly:
Marie Howe:
Emily Dickinson:
Ned- / Time’s wily / Chargers will / not wait / At any Gate / but Woe’s - / But there - so / gloat to hesitate / They will not / stir for blows - / Wick / I’m
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Adam Zagajewski (tr. from Polish by Clare Cavanagh):
Jenny George:
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I love Jenny George’s work — is this from her first collection, or from her recent chapbook? So good. I like the way she doesn’t name the livestock species… could even be human.
Will miss you on Facebook, Sean, but am happy to be connected here. Thank you, as always, for all that you do for poetry.🪶