"moving its char along his tubes"
Atkins, Jeffers, Clifton, Sandburg, Buson
Russell Atkins:
Robinson Jeffers:
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Lucille Clifton:
Carl Sandburg:
Yosa Buson (tr. from Japanese by R.H. Blythe):
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