"Through the huge reflected sky of a triumphant noon"
Niedecker, Stevens, Levis, Dickinson, Miłosz, Giuffre
Lorine Niedecker:
Wallace Stevens:
Larry Levis:
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Emily Dickinson:
My River runs to Thee - / Blue Sea - wilt welcome / me? / My River waits reply -
Oh Sea - look / graciously! / I'll bring thee Brooks! / From dappled nooks! // Say Sea - take me?
Czesław Miłosz (tr. from Polish by Renata Gorczynski and Robert Hass):
Jimmy Giuffre Trio, “The Train and the River,” rec. 1958:
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...damn. I read that Niedecker poem and just decided to skip the rest for now. Thanks Sean...
I didn’t realize Dickinson underlined. Is she weaving different voices?