"Sorrow to sorrow as the sparks fly upward."
Akhmatova, Atkins, Hayden, Gregg, Graves, Apollinaire, Roethke
Anna Akhmatova (trans. Stanley Kunitz and Max Hayward):
Russell Atkins:
Robert Hayden:
Linda Gregg:
Robert Graves:
Guillaume Apollinaire (trans. Roger Shattuck):
Theodore Roethke:
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