"on the star inside me"
Meyers, Niedecker, Schuyler, Parra, Brontë, Hikmet
Bert Meyers:
Lorine Niedecker:
Don't worry / about the comma, / darling, nobody / ekes out a more / facile distend— / bathroom / luxury.
James Schuyler:
Nicanor Parra (trans. W.S. Merwin):
Emily Brontë:
Nazim Hikmet (trans. Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk):
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