Jean Valentine:
Emily Dickinson:
Confirming / All who / analyze / In the Opinion / fair / That Eloquence / is when the / Heart / Has not / a Voice / to spare -
Robert Creeley:
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Rachel Hadas:
Frank O’Hara:
Jack Spicer:
Leonard Cohen & Sonny Rollins, “Who by Fire?,” rec. 1989:
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Very intriguing progression of poems, all excellent. I especially appreciate having Creeley included.
"Wind" feels very of-the-moment.