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Unread 03-06-2018, 12:46 PM
John Riley John Riley is offline
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I love working to "get" a Mandelstam poem. It pays off every time. The separation of one's locus from "brief meanings that flare in the ear" moves me. The second stanza is a little more didactic but it's still powerful. It's a 20th-century metaphysical poem.

Thanks for posting this.
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