"Night's pleasure and the press of weather"
Aeschylus, Roberson, Merwin, Creeley, Nachman of Bratzlav, Clifton
Aeschylus:
This is a song
for the one who is doomed,
a blow to the heart that breaks the mind.
Ed Roberson:
W.S. Merwin:
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Robert Creeley:
Nachman of Bratzlav (tr. from Yiddish by Leonard M. Kaplan):
Lucille Clifton:
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Lovely set. Today I’ll be mindful of what “presses.” I read Mask of Janice last night.