"Through a lyric slipknot"
Merwin, Doty, Foust, Komunyakaa, Dąbrowska
W.S. Merwin:
Mark Doty:
Graham Foust:
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Yusef Komunyakaa:
Krystyna Dąbrowska (tr. from Polish by Karen Kovacik):
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Merwin's poem reminded me of this book: https://jonathanweinert.com/until-everything-is-continuous-again/.
I've taught this Komunyakaa poem. Some students love, love, love poems with sports experience.