"Of dahlias and one elated lily"
Dickinson, Zimmer, Celan, Merrill, Holub, Rouzeau
Emily Dickinson:
Sweet Pirate/of the Heart, /Not Pirate/of the Sea—/What wrecketh/thee?/
Some Spice’s/Mutiny—/Some Attar’s/perfidy?/Confide in/me—/Emily
Paul Zimmer:
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Paul Celan (trans. from German by Nikolai Popov and Heather McHugh):
James Merrill:
Miroslav Holub (trans. from Czech by David Young and Dana Hábová):
Valérie Rouzeau (trans. from French by Susan Wicks):
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