"The smooth earth, swept clean of horses"
García Lorca, Cavafy, Tranströmer, Stanford, Herbert, Valentine, Gregg
Federico García Lorca (trans. W.S. Merwin):
C.P. Cavafy (trans. Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard):
Tomas Tranströmer (trans. Robin Fulton):
Frank Stanford:
Zbigniew Herbert (trans. Alissa Valles):
Jean Valentine:
Linda Gregg:
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