"with your mending kit"
Coleman, Dickinson, Hughes, Young, Šalamun, Niedecker
Wanda Coleman:
Emily Dickinson:
My God—He sees/thee—/Shine thy best—/Fling up thy/Balls of Gold/Till every Cubit/
play with thee/And every Crescent/hold—/Elate the Acre/at his feet—/Opon his Atom/
swim—/Oh Sun—but/just a Second’s/right/In thy long/Race with him!/Emily
Langston Hughes:
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Gary Young:
Tomaž Šalamun (trans. from Slovenian by Tomaž Šalamun and Elliot Anderson):
Lorine Niedecker:
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