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Yes, Ravidat, to follow the rabbit down its winding hole
Daniel Tobin
from The Violet Blood of the Amethyst
An exceptionally unhappy heart.
Louis Calaferte
from The Seven Deadly Sins
You had always expected a sonnet from me
Daniel Bourne
From the River of News
The President and his opponent both speaking in Ohio—
Robert Pinsky
From the Republic of Sleep and Mercy | The Island to Remind You of Your Childhood
All night I dreamt death
Heather Altfeld
From The Little Book of Passage
Ecco il fiume che mi allarga lo sguardo, che mi attraversa la fronte.
Franca Mancinelli
From the grab bag of desire
I keep meaning to walk up to you,
Bob Hicok
from THE CITY OF PARIS HAS YOU IN MIND TONIGHT
When G died began the midnight panic attacks.
Deborah Landau
From the Ass’s Mouth: A Theory of the Leisure Class
Up on stage in the three-quarters empty auditorium,
Tom Sleigh
from Sleeping with Bashō
Growing out of clouds like a cedar tree—
David Trinidad
From Rainer Maria Rilke’s Die Sonette an Orpheus / The Sonnets to Orpheus translated from German by John Rosenwald
O fountain-mouth, you gift-giver, you mouth
Rainer Maria Rilke
From Pendant que Perceval tombait, by Tania Langlais, translated from French by Jessica Cuello
you don’t know how to write with lightness
Tania Langlais

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