"under the first blackbirds"
Boruch, Simic, Pratt, Hahn, Ritsos
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Marianne Boruch:
Charles Simic:
Minnie Bruce Pratt:
Kimiko Hahn:
Yannis Ritsos (tr. from Greek by Kimon Friar and Kostas Myrsiades):
Gary Larson:
With "The Sound of One Fork" Minnie Bruce Pratt tells an entire tale, each line urging me on to the next, enthralling in its normalcy.
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