"wings hoarse voices of our clipped and necessary feathers"
Adonis, Harrison, Bidart, Zagajewski, Phillips
Adonis (tr. from Arabic by Khaled Mattawa):
Leslie Harrison:
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Frank Bidart:
Adam Zagajewski (tr. from Polish by Clare Cavanagh):
Carl Phillips:
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