Gerald Stern:
Deborah Digges:
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Robert Graves:
Emily Dickinson:
Strength to perish / is sometimes with-/ held - set who / but you can / till a boot/ Take all away / from me, but / leave me Ecstasy / And I am richer / then I am
Federico García Lorca (tr. from Spanish by Jerome Rothenberg):
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oh, gosh. Love them all, but the Dickinson is just so perfect.
Thank you for all you give us.
I am searching for the poet of a poem you once shared - I believe it was last fall - Elegy For The Saxophonist.
I noted the title down in my notebook but now I can't find the poem or poet online. Too many "elegy"s and too many "saxophonist"s spring up in the way.
Many thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide to me. ❤️MS