"something immediate, open scissors"
Dickinson, Lowell, Williams, Šalamun, Martin, Davis
Emily Dickinson:
Long years/apart—can/make no/Breach a/second cannot/fill—/+The absence/of the witch cannot/does not/Invalidate/the spell—
Who says/the Absence/of a/witch/In-validates/his spell?/The embers/of a/Thousand years/years/uncovered/by the Hand
Amy Lowell:
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William Carlos Williams:
Tomaž Šalamun (trans. from Slovenian by Michael Biggins):
Agnes Martin:
Lydia Davis:
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