"never mine and never not mine"
di Prima, Howe, Merwin, Wright, Rilke, Ritsos
Diane di Prima:
Susan Howe:
W.S. Merwin:
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James Wright:
Rainer Maria Rilke to Clara Rilke, September 5, 1902:
[In French: And you have to have patience./ I gave my youth to it. /We must find happiness in his art]
Yannis Ritsos (trans. from Greek by Nikos Stangos):
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