"One note from one Bird"
Prevért, Graves, Dickinson, Shiki, Rilke
Jacques Prevért (tr. from French by Mark Strand and Jean Ballard):
Robert Graves:
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Emily Dickinson:
One note from / One Bird / Is better than / a million words / a scabbard [has/needs/holds] / but one / sword
Masaoka Shiki (tr. from Japanese by R.H. Blyth):
Rainer Maria Rilke (tr. from German by Stephen Mitchell):
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