"their bones in one mad dance"
Crazy Horse, Wright, Harjo, Alomar, Levine
Crazy Horse, Drawing from A Lakota War Book by Artist D [Crazy Horse], showing the killing of an American army officer and sergeant:
James Wright:
Joy Harjo:
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Osama Alomar (tr. from Arabic by C.J. Collins and Osama Alomar):
Philip Levine:
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That Phil Levine poem... my first time to read it. Do you know which book it's from, Sean?