Poets Teaching Poets: Self and the WorldGregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt div Essays on the craft and relevance of poetry by distinguished practitioners and teachers of the art br /div |
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... come drop by drop " : I don't know what the reso- nances of this line are in Swedish ; in English it echoes a famous poem so directly that it seems to refer to it : And I shall have some peace there , for peace comes dropping slow ...
... come drop by drop " : I don't know what the reso- nances of this line are in Swedish ; in English it echoes a famous poem so directly that it seems to refer to it : And I shall have some peace there , for peace comes dropping slow ...
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... comes to a person , he's a composer , he's played , has a career , becomes director of the conservatory . The trend turns downward , he's blamed by the authorities . They put up his pupil K- as chief prosecutor . He's threatened ...
... comes to a person , he's a composer , he's played , has a career , becomes director of the conservatory . The trend turns downward , he's blamed by the authorities . They put up his pupil K- as chief prosecutor . He's threatened ...
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... comes closest to being what Milosz has always been , since to write as an ancient soul is to write as an ironist ... come to be characterized as that contaminat- ing " steady thoughtlessness . " But where Jeffers's imagination settles on ...
... comes closest to being what Milosz has always been , since to write as an ancient soul is to write as an ironist ... come to be characterized as that contaminat- ing " steady thoughtlessness . " But where Jeffers's imagination settles on ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Obstinate Humanity | 23 |
MARIANNE BORUCH | 48 |
Copyright | |
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