"We don't need to see anything out of the ordinary. We already see too much"
Boyer, Kunitz, Walker, Dickinson, Walser, Clifton, Dickey
Anne Boyer:
Stanley Kunitz:
Frank X Walker:
Emily Dickinson:
Split the Lark — and / you’ll find the Music — / Bulb after Bulb, in / Silver rolled — / Scantily dealt to the / Summer Morning / Saved for your Ear when / Lutes be old.Â
Loose the Flood — / you shall find it patent — / Gush after Gush, / reserved for you — /
Scarlet Experiment! / Sceptic Thomas! / Now, do you doubt that your Bird was / true?Â
Robert Walser (trans. Tom Whalen):
Lucille Clifton:
James Dickey:
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