"Treading the middle path"
Edson, Knight, Clifton, Rimbaud, Basho, Celan
Russell Edson:
Etheridge Knight:
Lucille Clifton:
Arthur Rimbaud [trans. Louise Varese]:
Basho:
Paul Celan, May 15, 1958:
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