"Soon the sky will leave the river alone"
Bashō, Swenson, Dickinson, Rojas, Osier
Matsuo Bashō (tr. from Japanese by R.H. Blyth):
May Swenson:
Emily Dickinson:
Summer has two / Beginnings - / Beginning once in / June - / Beginning in October
Affectingly again - // Without, perhaps, the / Riot / But graphicer for / Grace -
As finer is a going / Than a remaining / Face - / Departing then - forever - /
Forever - [next] until May - / Forever is recurrent deciduous - / Except to / those who die -
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Gonzalo Rojas (tr. from Spanish by John Oliver Simon):
Jill Osier:
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