"The imagined, returning"
Adonis, Eigner, Kelly, Tanikawa, Šalamun, Hughes
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Adonis (tr. from Arabic by Khaled Mattawa):
Brigit Pegeen Kelly:
Shuntarō Tanikawa (tr. from Japanese by William I. Elliott):
Tomaž Šalamun (tr. from Slovenian by Brian Henry):
Langston Hughes:
Brad Mehldau, “Song-Song,” rec. 1998:
Poetry, both song and story. Brigid Pegeen Kelly will stay with me and the mystery and music of it for a long time. Another wonderful group, Sean. Thank you.