"Scattering earth in the strange woods"

Szymborska, Kim, Oppen, Hill, Ostriker, Coltrane

Wisława Szymborska (tr. from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak):

Eunsong Kim:

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George Oppen:

Geoffrey Hill:

Alicia Ostriker:

John Coltrane, “Psalm,” rec. 1965:

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