"Shame is the shawl of Pink"
Drummond, Jabès, Shapero, Ryuichi, Stafford, Dickinson
Carlos Drummond de Andrade (trans. from Portuguese by Mark Strand):
Edmond Jabès (trans. from French by Rosmarie Waldrop):
Natalie Shapero:
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Tamura Ryuichi (trans. from Japanese by Christopher Drake):
William Stafford:
Emily Dickinson:
Shame is the shawl/of Pink/In which we wrap/the Soul/
To keep it from/infesting Eyes—/The elemental Veil/
Which helpless Nature/drops/When pushed opon/
a scene/Repugnant to her/probity—//Shame is the tint/
divine—
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