"those bronze balloons"
Buson, Sexton, Faizullah, Rekdal, Zagajewski, Ayler
Yosa Buson (tr. from Japanese by Robert Hass):
Anne Sexton:
Tarfia Faizullah:
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Paisley Rekdal:
Adam Zagajewski (tr. from Polish by Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry, and C.K. Williams):
Albert Ayler, “Bells,” rec. 1966:
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