"so that you can enter in the amber"

Vladović, Merwin, Jong, Dargan, Gilbert, Joplin

Borben Vladović (tr. from Croatian by Miloš Đurđević):

W.S. Merwin:

Erica Jong:

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Kyle Dargan:

Jack Gilbert:

Janis Joplin, “Ball & Chain,” rec. 1967:

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