"the bubble of rectitude that allowed you breath"
Shepherd, Szymborska, Bidart, Clifton, Merwin
Reginald Shepherd:
Wisława Szymborska (tr. from Polish by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak):
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Today in Minnesota on a bridge above park a bagpipe player played Amazing Grace at the times the towers were struck. He was my first reminder of this day. All the poems affected me, but Szymborska's hit me the hardest. Thank you.
Thank you Sean for this . Thank you Shepherd, Szymborska, Bidart, Clifton, Merwin.