"Which way to look? Nonnegative?"
Chekhov, McHugh, Mureşan, Anonymous, Howe
Anton Chekhov (tr. from Russian by Lilith Regan):
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Heather McHugh:
Ion Mureşan (tr. from Romanian by Alistair Ian Blyth):
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Korean figure (tr. by W.S. Merwin):
Susan Howe:
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