"You will learn toads from diamonds"
Niedecker, Mueller, Rojas, Merwin, Howe
Lorine Niedecker:
Lisel Mueller:
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Gonzalo Rojas (tr. from Spanish by John Oliver Simon):
Burmese figure (tr. by W.S. Merwin):
Susan Howe:
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