"The blond assassin passes on"
Shumaker, Howard, Dickinson, Hughes, Yi
Peggy Shumaker:
Richard Howard:
Emily Dickinson:
Apparently with no surprise / To any happy flower, / The frost beheads it at its play
In accidental power. / The blond assassin passes on, / The sun proceeds unmoved
To measure off another day / For an approving God.
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Langston Hughes:
Yi Yŏn-ju (tr. from Korean by Don Mee Choi):
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