"Why court the brink & then step back?"
Williams, Doty, Ai, Hull, Komunyakaa
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Miller Williams:
Mark Doty:
Ai:
Yusef Komunyakaa:
Chet Baker, “My Funny Valentine,” rec. November 1959:
To have inspired so many poets!
What a legacy.
Just what I needed in my inbox this morning. I love all of these -- and Baker. I know Lynda's magnificent and heartbreaking poem well, also Doty's, and I'd read YK's, but the Ai and Williams are new to me -- and the Williams is amazing. I need to read more of him. Such brilliant poems and music. Thank you, Sean!