"within a tight-closed ring"
Gikatilla, Anonymous, Kenyon, Saroyan, van de Woestijne, Parker
Yosef Gikatilla (tr. from 13th c. Hebrew by Peter Cole):
Korean figure (tr. by W.S. Merwin):
Jane Kenyon:
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Aram Saroyan:
Karel van de Woestijne (tr. from Dutch by Tanis Guest):
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, “Salt Peanuts,” May 15, 1953:
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