"Shadow, sweet liquid brimming the flesh's shallow basin"
Mandelstam, Voigt, Kelly, Ritsos, Pessoa, di Prima
Osip Mandelstam (trans. from Russian by Sidney Monas):
Ellen Bryant Voigt:
Brigit Pegeen Kelly:
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Yannis Ritsos (trans. from Greek by Kimon Friar):
Fernando Pessoa (trans. from Portuguese by Edwin Honig):
Diane di Prima:
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