"Not at Home to Callers"
Dickinson, Kasischke, Nguyễn, Niedecker, Dixon
Emily Dickinson:
Not at Home to / Callers / Says the Naked / Tree—/ Bonnet [Jacket] due / in April— / Wishing you / Good Day—
Laura Kasischke:
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Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng (tr. from Vietnamese by Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng):
Lorine Niedecker:
I can always / go back to / fertilization, / kimonos, wrap- / arounds and / diatribes.
Melvin Dixon:
Masayuki Takayanagi, “April is the Cruelest Month,” rec. 1975:
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"Hospital parking lot, April." Brilliant. and Lorine Niedecker, a new poet to me and just today a poem of hers, My Life by Water, was featured on The Slowdown. A double joy at "meeting" her. thank you for your daily curating of poems!