"the valves of darkness leak"
Meyers, Coulette, Leivaditis, Parra, Tonks
Bert Meyers:
Henri Coulette:
Tasos Leivaditis (tr. from Greek by N.N. Trakakis):
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Nicanor Parra (tr. from Spanish by Miller Willams):
Rosemary Tonks:
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Parra untranslated:
La montaña rusa
Durante medio siglo
La poesÃa fue
El paraÃso del tonto solemne.
Hasta que vine yo
Y me instalé con mi montaña rusa.
Suban, si les parece.
Claro que yo no respondo si bajan
Echando sangre por boca y narices.