"They spoke as chords do from the string"
Issa, Fountain, Olds, Clare, Patchen
Kobayashi Issa (tr. from Japanese by R.H. Blyth):
Carrie Fountain:
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Sharon Olds:
John Clare:
Kenneth Patchen:
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I appreciate Olds’ intimacy in her poems.